"decoratability" meaning in All languages combined

See decoratability on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From decorate or decoratable + -ability. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|decoratable|ability}} decoratable + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} decoratability (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of decorability Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: decorability
    Sense id: en-decoratability-en-noun-0ZjrvMcB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability

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          "ref": "1969 May 11, “Art Editor Receives Top Award From New Mexico Press Women”, in The El Paso Times Sunday Magazine, page 13",
          "text": "“[…]Her hobbies are research, travel, and interior decoratability to interpret art and artists to both professional artists and the average newspaper readers,” said Mrs. Bower in making the award.",
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          "ref": "1970, Modern Plastics Encyclopedia, page 204",
          "text": "Polystyrene possesses rigidity, impact strength, and decoratability combined with manufacturing economy.",
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          "ref": "1973, Canadian Machinery and Manufacturing News, page 36",
          "text": "The ease of coloring or decoratability of plastics is sometimes economic advantage over paintings or[…]",
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          "ref": "1985 December, “Subject Index 1985”, in Plastics Engineering, page 83",
          "text": "ABS polymers / modified, 4:29 / producing precision parts, 9:33 / toughness, processability, decoratability, 1:37",
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          "ref": "1990 October, “GE’s Crystalline Polymer Challenges Glasses and Ceramics”, in American Ceramic Society Bulletin, volume 69, number 10, page 1614",
          "text": "End users gain the traditional advantages of plastics such as design freedom, parts consolidation, processability, decoratability, and recyclability.",
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          "ref": "1990, Modern Plastics, page 33",
          "text": "With our material, end-users gain the traditional advantages of plastics—like processability, decoratability, and recyclability—with the added quality look and feel of glass, metals, ceramics, porcelain, and even ivory.",
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          "ref": "2006, American Christmas Tree Journal, American Christmas Tree Association, page 45",
          "text": "That being said, a tree that is too dense is like a window-less building – cold and dark, with no light emanating from within to create feelings of interior light, life or warmth. An open tree to me has these windows and therefore more interest and more ‘decoratability.’",
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          "text": "If you buy from us, you can select your tree, and we will keep it until you are ready to put it up. Or you can keep your tree in a bucket of water shaded in the garage or basement. Go for decoratability!",
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