Definition of Spinnable

1. Adjective. Capable or susceptible to being influenced by biased information.


2. Adjective. Capable of being spun into fibres.
Exact synonyms: Spinnbar
Similar to: Flexible, Flexile
Derivative terms: Spinnability

Definition of Spinnable

1. Adjective. Capable of being spun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinnable

spinifugal
spinigerous
spinii-spirulate
spininess
spininesses
spinipetal
spink
spinks
spinless
spinlike
spinmaster
spinmasters
spinmeister
spinmeisters
spinnability
spinnable (current term)
spinnaker
spinnakers
spinner dolphin
spinner dolphins
spinneret
spinnerets
spinnerette
spinnerettes
spinneries
spinners
spinnerule
spinnerules

Literary usage of Spinnable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cotton Trade Guide and Student's Manual: A Text-book for the American Trade by Thomas Southworth Miller (1915)
"What is meant by spinnable Values, and how are they measured? ... Are spinnable Values always in line with the Differences established by the Trade? ..."

2. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the Second Session of by United States, Committee on Agriculture, Congress, House (1910)
"The grades deliverable on New York contract, and the stock of cotton in New York at any season, are both spinnable and merchantable cotton. ..."

3. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Cotton Exchanges by United States Bureau of Corporations, Herbert Knox Smith (1908)
"While it was charged by some that New York accepts the delivery of cotton which is not spinnable, he stated that it is absolutely certain that the New ..."

4. To Amend Section Five of the Cotton Futures Act and to Prevent the Sale of by Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States, Senate, Congress (1922)
"... but after you have determined upon what are the readily marketable, spinnable grades, any attempt to narrow it further lessens the value of the contract ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"To classify cotton with the view to determine its market and spinnable value requires long practice and skilful use of hand and eye. ..."

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