"bustable" meaning in English

See bustable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more bustable [comparative], most bustable [superlative]
Etymology: From bust + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bust|able}} bust + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} bustable (comparative more bustable, superlative most bustable)
  1. (of an offense) That one may be busted for
    Sense id: en-bustable-en-adj-5kn9Cwi7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 28 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 35 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 16 5
  2. Able to be busted for an offense
    Sense id: en-bustable-en-adj-J5NlwRRj Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 18 77 5
  3. breakable
    Sense id: en-bustable-en-adj-rcqiHi7C
     
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bust",
        "3": "able"
      },
      "expansion": "bust + -able",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bust + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more bustable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most bustable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bustable (comparative more bustable, superlative most bustable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 28 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 35 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 16 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That one may be busted for"
      ],
      "id": "en-bustable-en-adj-5kn9Cwi7",
      "links": [
        [
          "bust",
          "bust"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an offense) That one may be busted for"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an offense"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 77 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -able",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Able to be busted for an offense"
      ],
      "id": "en-bustable-en-adj-J5NlwRRj"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breakable"
      ],
      "id": "en-bustable-en-adj-rcqiHi7C",
      "links": [
        [
          "breakable",
          "breakable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bustable"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -able",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bust",
        "3": "able"
      },
      "expansion": "bust + -able",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bust + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more bustable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most bustable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bustable (comparative more bustable, superlative most bustable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That one may be busted for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bust",
          "bust"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an offense) That one may be busted for"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an offense"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Able to be busted for an offense"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breakable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breakable",
          "breakable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bustable"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bustable meaning in English (0.9kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.