Definition of "teachable" []

• That can be taught: teachable skills. (adjective)
• Able and willing to learn: teachable youngsters. (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.

• "But he decided to use it as what he called a teachable moment to talk to the American people in an adult way about race."
• ""This is what they call a teachable moment," said Robert F. Pezzella, executive assistant to the superintendent for school safety and violence prevention."
• "So this is what you call a teachable moment here right now for Barack Obama."