adjective
- capable of being coined or minted into coins
- capable of being invented or created as a new word or phrase
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The precious metals were deemed coinable and sent to the mint.
- New terms in technology are often coinable by combining existing words.
- Gold and silver have historically been the most coinable metals.
- The suffix '-ize' is highly productive and coinable in English.
- Not all metals are coinable due to their rarity or brittleness.