Definition of Gnawable

1. Adjective. Capable of being gnawed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gnawable

1. gnaw [adj] - See also: gnaw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnawable

gnathostomes
gnathostomiasis
gnatlike
gnatling
gnatlings
gnats
gnattier
gnattiest
gnatty
gnatworm
gnatworms
gnaw at
gnaw someone's vitals
gnawable (current term)
gnawed
gnawer
gnawers
gnawing
gnawing animal
gnawing mammal
gnawingly
gnawings
gnawn
gnaws
gneiss
gneisses
gneissic
gneissoid

Literary usage of Gnawable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Undisturbed, the rats played in wild riot through my hut during the day, and In the night gnawed everything gnawable. H. 0. Forbes, Eastern Archipelago, p. ..."

2. Homoselle by Mary Spear Nicholas Tieran (1881)
"Nothing gnawable was safe from his sharp white teeth; and to lookers- on it seemed that the greater the mischief, the more keen the enjoyment. ..."

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