machinable

or ma·chine·a·ble

[ muh-shee-nuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
(of a letter or package) capable of being safely sorted by mail machinery, as a parcel sorter.

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First recorded in 1915–20; machine + -able

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Even parcels are machinable these days.

The casting, though intricate and not machinable in their own shop, could be easily handled in one that was well outfitted.

It was heat-treated to a machinable hardness before being worked on, but was not further tempered.

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