cleavable

1. 1.

   capable of being cleaved

   Similardivisible

Questions about cleavable

What does cleavable mean?

cleavable means "capable of being cleaved".

How many syllables are in cleavable?

cleavable has 4 syllables and divides as cle-a-va-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is cleavable a common word?

cleavable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.