adjective
- capable of being written on or written to
- able to be expressed or described in writing
- allowing data to be stored or modified
Usage: computing
Examples
- The CD is writable, so you can burn your own music files onto it.
- Make sure the disk is writable before attempting to save the document.
- Her experiences were so complex they seemed barely writable.
- The writable surface of the whiteboard had become stained over time.
- Check that the file permissions are set to writable.
- The story was writable once she found the right perspective.
- This writable DVD can hold up to 4.7 gigabytes of data.