Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sterilizable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ster-il-iz-able
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

American usage

Example Sentences

"One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable."

Etymology

From sterilize + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sterilize

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

sterilisable (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonsterilizable

Antonyms

unsterilizable

Questions

What does sterilizable mean?: Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.
Where does sterilizable come from?: From sterilize + -able.

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