sinkable

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Thân thiện

The heavy metal box is sinkable in deep water.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being sunk: Describes an object or vessel that has the potential to be made to descend below the surface of a liquid, especially water, or to be deliberately destroyed by causing it to sink.

Usage

• The adjective "sinkable" is used to describe the inherent property of an object. It is typically used in contexts discussing naval architecture, maritime safety, or hypothetical scenarios.
• It is often used in the negative form "unsinkable" to describe something believed or claimed to be incapable of sinking.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The lifeboat was designed to be unsinkable, but the smaller dinghy was clearly sinkable.
  • Any vessel made of standard materials is sinkable if it sustains enough damage.
  • The naval exercise involved targeting sinkable practice hulls.

Advanced Usage

• "Proved to be sinkable": Used to state that something previously thought to be unsinkable was, in fact, capable of sinking.
  • The famous ocean liner, once touted as unsinkable, tragically proved to be sinkable.
• In a metaphorical or abstract sense, it can describe an idea, plan, or venture that is vulnerable to failure.
  • Without proper funding, the entire project is sinkable.

Variants and Related Words

• Sink (verb): To descend or cause to descend below the surface of a liquid.
• Unsinkable (adjective): Incapable of being sunk.
• Sinkability (noun, rare): The quality or state of being sinkable.

Synonyms

• Submersible: Capable of being put under water.
• Scuttleable: Capable of being deliberately sunk by creating holes (more specific).

Antonyms

• Unsinkable: Incapable of being sunk.
• Buoyant: Tending to float.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being sunk