boreable
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3ADJ.
other
VERB + BOREABLE
bearing, prefer
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in, on
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adj
Capable of being bored or drilled into.
One commercially available form of this type of bearing has a boreable 0.010 in.-thick lining of acetal copolymer, while another form has a thinner, 0.004 in.-thick, lining of the homopolymer.
Capable of being bored, or made to lose interest in something.
Some factory workers are intolerably bored by monotonous tasks; others prefer them. The boreable, on the other hand, develop on occasion the most furious initiative in their efforts to escape boredom.
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2One commercially available form of this type of bearing has a boreable 0.010 in.-thick lining of acetal copolymer, while another form has a thinner, 0.004 in.-thick, lining of the homopolymer.
WiktionarySome factory workers are intolerably bored by monotonous tasks; others prefer them. The boreable, on the other hand, develop on occasion the most furious initiative in their efforts to escape boredom.
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