diggable

See also: Diggable

English

Etymology

From dig +‎ -able.

Adjective

diggable (comparative more diggable, superlative most diggable)

1. Capable of being dug.
   1. Possible and (especially) feasible to dig physically.

      Synonym: excavatable

      Antonym: undiggable

      Hyponyms: shovellable, pickable; minable

      The rocky soil was diggable, but only with difficulty.

      • 1976 July 24, John Noble Wilford, “SCIENTISTS FEEL THEY CAN FIX ARM ON VIKING LANDER”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

        Though there seemed to be some “diggable” places, Dr. Levinthal said that the project scientists “might decide to look around” for alternate sampling sites.

      • 2015 November 27, Kenneth Chang, “Scientists Link Moon’s Tilt and Earth’s Gold”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

        Intriguingly, their idea also explains why gold and platinum are found in the Earth’s crust, well within diggable reach.

      • 2024 July 9, Melena Ryzik, “Should You Hug a Sloth?”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

        Two sloths have also died at the Las Vegas SeaQuest. Like all the others, it is located in an indoor shopping center, where natural light, humidity, vegetation and diggable floors — the environmental setting in which many animals thrive — are in short supply.

   2. (uncommon) Worthy of digging (appreciating and enjoying).

      Near-synonyms: appreciable, enjoyable

      Yeah, their jazz is diggable, but they leave something on the table by not getting funkier with the horns.