Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
capable of being recovered or regained;
- Example: "recoverable truth of a past event"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Recoverable \Re*cov"er*a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. recouvrable.]
Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being
brought back to a former condition, as from sickness,
misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as,
the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are
not recoverable.
[1913 Webster]
A prodigal course
Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
If I am recoverable, why am I thus? --Cowper.
[1913 Webster] -- Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
recoverable
adj 1: capable of being recovered or regained; "recoverable
truth of a past event" [ant: irrecoverable,
unrecoverable]