Reopenable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being accessed again after having been previously sealed
2. Capable of being unsealed or accessed once more after prior closure
3. Suitable for opening a second time following an initial shutdown or sealing

Etymology: "Reopenable" is a plain formation: the verb "reopen" with the suffix "-able" attached, meaning able to be opened again. "Reopen" itself combines the prefix "re-", meaning again, with "open," which traces back to Old English "openian," related to "open" as an adjective. The suffix "-able" comes into English from Old French "-able," itself descended from Latin "-abilis," which attached to verbs to mean capable of being or capable of. The pattern is productive: English speakers have long built adjectives on verbs with "-able" and then added "re-" to produce a compound meaning capable of being done again. "Reopenable" follows that route, so its meaning can be read straight from its parts without any shift in sense along the way.

Synonyms: accessible, available, revivable, revisitable, renewable

Antonyms: closed, finalized, sealed, concluded, terminated