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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. capable of being placed opposite to something;
- Example: "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger"
[syn: opposable, apposable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Opposable \Op*pos"a*ble\, a.
   1. Capable of being opposed or resisted.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the
      thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

opposable
    adj 1: capable of being placed opposite to something; "the thumb
           is opposable to the forefinger" [syn: opposable,
           apposable] [ant: unopposable]