Reloadable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Able to be loaded again after use or depletion
2. Designed or suitable to receive a new load once emptied
3. Capable of restoring functionality by adding material or data once more

Etymology: "Reloadable" is a plain formation: the verb "reload" with the suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being." The verb itself combines "re-," meaning "again," with "load," which in English goes back to Old English "lad," meaning a way or course, a sense that gradually narrowed to the idea of carrying or bearing a burden. The suffix does most of the work in the adjective. "-able" came into English through Old French from Latin "-abilis," which attached to verbs to mean "able to be" something. Once "reload" existed as a verb, English speakers could add the suffix to create an adjective describing things that can be loaded again, and "reloadable" follows that pattern directly.

Synonyms: refillable, replenishable, renewable, resupplyable, restockable

Antonyms: nonreloadable, disposable, single-use, finished, expendable