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adjective Suitable for collecting.
noun Anything that someone might want to collect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
adjective subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
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collect + -able
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The poems have all been published previously, but only in collectable or hard-to-find volumes, so it's great that the BPR is making them more widely available.
The poems have all been published previously, but only in collectable or hard-to-find volumes, so it's great that the BPR is making them more widely available.
When an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin (owner of Al's Toy Barn) kidnaps Woody, and Woody learns that he's a highly valued collectable from a 1950s TV show called "Woody's Roundup," the stage is set for a daring rescue attempt by the gang from Andy's room.
For some surfers, the hunt for that bargain or that collectable translates into a couple of enjoyable hours every evening looking through lists of goodies.
For some surfers, the hunt for that bargain or that collectable translates into a couple of enjoyable hours every evening looking through lists of goodies.
Some attentive press coverage also misses the larger point by focusing on whether the award is collectable, which is certainly an open question as Chevron will pursue protracted appeals both in Ecuador and the United States, and has also made a persuasive fraud case charging that a report favorable to the plaintiffs was covertly written by the plaintiffs' lawyers themselves.
Some attentive press coverage also misses the larger point by focusing on whether the award is collectable, which is certainly an open question as Chevron will pursue protracted appeals both in Ecuador and the United States, and has also made a persuasive fraud case charging that a report favorable to the plaintiffs was covertly written by the plaintiffs' lawyers themselves.
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