pinnable

adj — 2 senses

pinnable

adj

Etymology From pin + -able.

1

Suitable for having things pinned onto it.

  • The surface must be pinnable. Cardboard is the easiest surface on which to work. Buy a gridded folding cardboard cutting board or a gridded cardboard cutting table.1998, Pati Palmer, Marta Alto, Barbara Weiland, Fit for real people: sew great clothes using any pattern:
2

Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Capable of being pinned (attached to part of the screen display).

  • Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […]1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:

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