fileable

English

Etymology

file +‎ -able

Adjective

fileable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being filed (in various senses).
    • 1870, Walter Graham, The Brassfounder's Manual, page 35:
      The alloy is hard, close-grained, and resembles steel. Moreover, it is more fileable than either zinc or copper.
    • 1961, United States. Civil Aeronautics Board, Civil Aeronautics Board Reports (page 980)
      The "motion" herein constitutes an anticipatory petition for reconsideration which is not properly fileable under rule 37.
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