"erasable" meaning in All languages combined

See erasable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more erasable [comparative], most erasable [superlative]
Etymology: erase + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|erase|able}} erase + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} erasable (comparative more erasable, superlative most erasable)
  1. Capable of being erased Synonyms: delible Derived forms: erasable programmable logic device, erasable programmable read-only memory, inerasable, nonerasable, unerasable Related terms: eraser, rubber, rub out Translations (capable of being erased): effaçable (French), 消せる (keseru) (Japanese), и́збришлив (ízbrišliv) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-erasable-en-adj-SOaoo~4K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 67 33

Noun [English]

Forms: erasables [plural]
Etymology: erase + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|erase|able}} erase + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} erasable (plural erasables)
  1. Any recording medium whose contents can be erased.
    Sense id: en-erasable-en-noun-r7UV1Hac

Inflected forms

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