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fileable

adj

fileable

adj

Etymology From file + -able.

1

Capable of being filed (in various senses).

  • The alloy is hard, close-grained, and resembles steel. Moreover, it is more fileable than either zinc or copper.1870, Walter Graham, The Brassfounder's Manual, page 35:
  • The "motion" herein constitutes an anticipatory petition for reconsideration which is not properly fileable under rule 37.1961, United States. Civil Aeronautics Board, Civil Aeronautics Board Reports, page 980:

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