adjective
- capable of being shaped, cut, or worked by machine tools
Usage: technical; manufacturing
Examples
- The aluminum alloy is highly machineable and easy to work with.
- Engineers selected a machineable plastic for the prototype parts.
- This steel grade is known for being machineable at high speeds.
- The machineable ceramic can be cut with standard tools.
- We need a machineable material that won’t dull our equipment.
- The new composite is both lightweight and machineable.