Closeable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Suitable for being shut or sealed without difficulty
2. Possessing the quality of being able to be made inaccessible or closed
3. Able to be shut or sealed so no opening remains

Etymology: "Closeable" is a plain formation: the verb "close," which came into English from Old French "clos" (enclosed, shut) and ultimately from Latin "clausus," plus the suffix "-able," meaning capable of being or suitable to be. Put together, the word describes something that can be shut, such as a window, lid or file that closes without fuss. The suffix "-able" arrived in English through Old French "-able," itself from Latin "-abilis," and it has been attached to English verbs for centuries to produce adjectives like "washable" and "readable." Because "close" and "-able" are both productive in everyday English, "closeable" could be coined whenever someone needed it, and it reads as a straightforward compound of its two parts.

Synonyms: shuttable, sealabale