stockable

stockable

English

Etymology

stock +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒkəbəl

Adjective

stockable (not comparable)

1. Able to be stocked, or kept on hand for sale etc.
   • 2012, John Priestley, Oracle e-Business Consultancy Handbook, →ISBN, page 138:

     It is normal for any organization to have two types of expense items, stockable and non-stockable. The stockable expense items – factory consumables etc – are booked into a subinventory and can be accrued on receipt.

2. (of land or water) Able to support farming, such as tree farming, fish farming, or grazing of livestock.
   • 1980, The Forestry chronicle - Volume 56, page 59:

     Stockable gaps are subject to reduction by intensified management.

   • 2006, -73 Location Study Between Roanoke and the North Carolina State Line Commonwealth of Virginia: Environmental Impact Statement:

     A bridge crossing over or culvert installation within class vi stockable trout waters of Maggodee Creek will be required under Segment 379 of Build Alternative Options 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c;

Antonyms

• unstockable

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French

Adjective

stockable (plural stockables)

1. storable

Further reading

• “stockable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.