Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood. Also spelled, less correctly, cleansible.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being cleansed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective able to be cleansed

Etymologies

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cleanse +‎ -able

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Examples

  • These traps are, however, open to the objection that in the first place they do not prevent the fouling of the seals by back pressure, and in the second place they are not easily cleansable and may retain dirt in their large pockets.

    The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

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