crammable

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English

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Etymology

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From cram +‎ -able.

Adjective

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crammable (comparative more crammable, superlative most crammable)

  1. (informal) Able to be crammed (in various senses).
    Antonym: uncrammable
    Geology tends to be a very crammable subject.
    • 2012, Adrienne M. Prince, Mothership 2012, Booktango, →ISBN:
      Tea bags were a godsend—a warm cup of goodness in the space of one square inch, and also very crammable.
    • 2016 September 6, Simon Jenkins, “Thatcher knew grammars were poison. Theresa May is playing a risky game”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 2022-03-16:
      Entry tests were made "crammable", boosting parental involvement and seeing a cottage industry in tutoring in selective counties such as Kent.
    • 2018 March 8, Jacob Gallagher, “This Is Not Your Father's (or Your Farmer's) Carhartt Jacket”, in The Wall Street Journal[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-06:
      The jackets retain the crammable pockets and snag resistance that have wooed woodsy types since the 19th century, but with his hodgepodge patchwork Mr. Watanabe has elevated the merely pragmatic to art.

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