retrievable
adjEtymology From retrieve + -able.
1
Capable of being retrieved or recovered.
- Mislaid items are retrievable from the Lost Property office.
2
From which recovery is possible.
- His mistakes are fatal; those of the Law are only temporary and retrievable.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
- Derived terms
- irretrievable, unretrievable
- Related terms
- retrievability, retrievableness, retrievably