Skip to content

workable

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L342572 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English workable From work + -able.

  1. Capable of functioning.

    They came up with a workable solution, until they could think of something better.

    Penrhyn Quarry vertical-boilered 0-4-0 locomotive "George Henry," built by De Winton & Company in 1877. It is the last survivor of its class, and is still in workable condition.

  2. Able to be worked or fashioned