restorable

English

Etymology

From restore +‎ -able.

Adjective

restorable

1. Capable of being restored or reclaimed

   restorable memory

   • 18 March 2013, Max Davidson writing in the Daily Telegraph, Need a four-poster bed? Dormy House hotel auctions off contents

     Don’t dismiss builders’ skips. You may not find a Chippendale desk, but you might collar a restorable sofa. Always ask the builder or house owner for permission first.

   • 1724, The Drapier’s Letters, Jonathan Swift, section 7:

     I may add that absurd practice of cutting turf without any regularity; whereby great quantities of restorable land are made utterly desperate, many thousands of cattle destroyed, the turf more difficult to come at and carry home, and less fit for burning; the air made unwholesome by stagnating pools and marshes; and the very sight of such places offensive to those who ride by.

   • 2023 March 8, “Network News: Unique LNWR survivor offered for restoration”, in RAIL, number 978, page 27:

     The carriage was surveyed and re-sheeted just over a decade ago, when it was deemed restorable. However, exposure has since led to a rapid deterioration. including the detachment of side panels.

Antonyms

• unrestorable

Derived terms

• restorably

References

• “restorable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “restorable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.