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nameable

adjective
name·​able | \ ˈnā-mə-bəl How to pronounce nameable (audio) \
variants: or less commonly namable

Definition of nameable

1 : worthy of being named : memorable
2 : capable of being named : identifiable
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Examples of nameable in a Sentence

not one nameable accomplishment in all of her years in the senate

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 With every interesting flavor, there usually turn out to be three specific, nameable elements that create the mystery, and all the rest of that. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "A Vintner’s Quest to Create a Truly American Wine," 14 May 2018 Until last year, Sterling K. Brown and Brian Tyree Henry had carved out parallel careers as recognizable but not particularly nameable actors. — Jeremy Egner, New York Times, "How Sterling K. Brown and Brian Tyree Henry Finally Got Seats at the Emmy Table," 25 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of nameable

1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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