usable

[yoo-zuh-buh l] /ˈyu zə bəl/

adjective

available or convenient for use:

2000 square feet of usable office space.

capable of being used:

That saw is no longer usable.

Also, useable.

Origin

1350-1400; Middle English < Middle French; see use, -able

Related forms

usability, usableness, noun

usably, adverb

nonreusable, adjective, noun

nonusable, adjective

reusability, noun

reusable, adjective

reusableness, noun

unusable, adjective

unusableness, noun

unusably, adverb

Examples from the web for usable

We've established this wiki to help focus attention on valuable data resources that need to be made more accessible or usable.
It is more than necessary to see that the pins are usable and not rust to the head.
Only airports with usable runways are included in this listing.
The garden, which slopes away from the house, was parceled into a series of terraces to maximize the usable area.
Choose sliced tofu from this recipe's list of usable proteins, and go wild with your choice of vegetable options.
New research shows how such biological power plants can be stacked to create usable current.
In other words, these advanced ideas will only be usable on new construction homes.
From an entropy perspective, economic growth is the progressive transformation of usable energy into unavailable energy.
And then the plastids keep on doing what they do, which is convert sunlight to usable energy.
usable fuel from algae additionally requires refining and distribution.

British Dictionary definitions for usable

/ˈjuːzəbəl/

adjective

able to be used

Derived Forms

usability, useability, usableness, useableness, noun
usably, useably, adverb

Word Origin and History for usable

adj.

late 14c., from Old French usable (early 14c.), from user (see use). Not a common word before c.1840. Related: Usably.