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EXTENSILE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
Example:
an extensible measuring rule
Synonyms:
extensible; extensile
Classified under:
Similar:
protractible; protractile (able to be extended)
protrusible; protrusile (capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue)
Antonym:
nonextensile (not extensile)