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DISTORTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distortable mean? 

DISTORTABLE (adjective)
  The adjective DISTORTABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of having the meaning altered or twistedplay

  Familiarity information: DISTORTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISTORTABLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of having the meaning altered or twisted

Context example:

our words are distortable things--as in a crooked mirror held up to nature

Similar:

changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)


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