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Definition of "erasable" [e•ras•a•ble]

  • Capable of being erased: erasable ink. (adjective)
  • Capable of producing something that can be erased: an erasable pen. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "erasable" in a sentence
  • "He makes his lists (charts, actually for him) in erasable ink."
  • "For Xerox, however, this isn't a cinematic trick — it's a new technology they call erasable paper."
  • "We think the pathway to digital media might be more in the line of -- we're piloting now something called erasable paper, which is a non-ink-based printing that literally erases itself after 24 hours."