carveable

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English

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Etymology

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From carve +‎ -able.

Adjective

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carveable (comparative more carveable, superlative most carveable)

  1. Alternative form of carvable
    • 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XI, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, page 225:
      Those were the days when carving was a science, and when ladies were expected to be scientific in that alone. Every dish present was carveable, and carved; []

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