Definitions for palpable

palpable pal·pa·ble

Spelling: [pal-puh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈpæl pə bəl/

Palpable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in palpable (aabellpp).

Definitions for palpable

adjective

  1. readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident:
  2. capable of being touched or felt; tangible.
  3. Medicine/Medical. perceptible by palpation.

Origin of palpable

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin palpābilis that can be touched, equivalent to palpā(re) to stroke, touch, palpate1 + -bilis -bl

Examples for palpable

Sumner's influence ought to have produced some palpable results.

These are palpable, identifiable matters that are ingrained into the very fabric of The Babadook.

How can they expect us to believe this transparent falsehood—this palpable device?

The pleasure in these grooves is as palpable today as it was in 1967.

The fear was palpable, yet it was no longer the citizens but the regime that was afraid.

But three hours from the construction site, the war between oil and conservation is palpable.

We bathed in the shadows as though they were palpable, and from that came great refreshment.

But the meaning was too palpable not to be understood at once.

His sadness over her descent into shooting up after managing to stay clean for a period is palpable.

But this is the privilege of beauty, that being the loveliest she is also the most palpable to sight.

Word Value for palpable
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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