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compressible

adjective com·press·ible \kəm-ˈpre-sə-bəl\

Definition of COMPRESSIBLE

:  capable of being compressed
— com·press·ibil·i·ty \-ˌpre-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
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First Known Use of COMPRESSIBLE

circa 1691

Rhymes with COMPRESSIBLE

accessible, addressable, assessable, confessable, depressible, expressible, impressible, processable, putrescible, repressible, suppressible

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