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Definition of Drainable
1. a. Capable of being drained.
Definition of Drainable
1. Adjective. Capable of being drained. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drainable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drainable
Literary usage of Drainable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missions: American Baptist International Magazine by Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1911)
"In northern Minnesota one drainable tract of 400000 acres has been surveyed ...
This process is to go on for years since there are 10000000 drainable acres ..."
2. Evidence and Arguments Before the Committee on Charles River Dam Appointed by Henry Smith Pritchett (1903)
"I notice you said here " drainable on the combined or separate system." Do you
mean now? Mr. FRENCH. At the present time there are comparatively large ..."
3. Evidence and Arguments Before the Committee on Charles River Dam Appointed by Henry Smith Pritchett (1903)
"I notice you said here " drainable on the combined or separate system." Do you
mean now? Mr. FRENCH. At the present time there are comparatively large ..."
4. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1908)
"It is that the deepest paths are formed from the most drainable to the most
draining cells; that tite most drainable ceils are those which have just been ..."
5. Topographic Instructions of the United States Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1913)
"S Swamps: Se Easily or readily drainable. Sd drainable with difficulty. Grazing and
natura! hay land (fig. 7; yellow ruling) : H Lands with sufficient ..."
6. Elements of General Science by Otis William Caldwell, William Lewis Eikenberry (1918)
"The United States Geological Survey estimates that in this country there are over
100000000 acres of undrained swamp land, much of which is drainable. ..."
7. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"... for obtaining a properly drainable sludge. The constructive details are varied
of course to suit local conditions, but, generally speaking, ..."
8. The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford by Samuel Wells (1830)
"Waten, pits, holes and mear- grounds not drainable, vested in the Earl of Bedford,
though no part of the »5000 acres. Antient river» and drains to remain to ..."
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