Pierceable

Quick meaning: Pierceable is an adjective meaning Capable of being pierced; penetrable.

Meaning

Capable of being pierced; penetrable.

Example Sentences

Boil the potatoes in their jackets until tender and pierceable.

A ſhadie groue not farr away they ſpide, / That promiſt ayde the tempeſt to withſtand: / Whoſe loftie trees yclad with ſommers pride, / Did ſpred ſo broad, that heauens light did hide, / Not perceable with power of any ſtarr:

The house of fiction has in short not one window, but a million—a number of possible windows not to be reckoned, rather; every one of which has been pierced, or is still pierceable, in its vast front, by the need of the individual vision and by the pressure of the individual will.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include penetrable, perforable, penetrating, boring, penetrant, penetrative.

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