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English
Etymology
renew + -able
Adjective
renewable (comparative more renewable, superlative most renewable)
- Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
- Antonym: non-renewable
- (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.
- Antonym: non-renewable
- renewable resource
- renewable energy
- renewable sources of energy
- Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
renewable (plural renewables)
- A thing that is renewable; especially, a renewable source of energy.
- A renewable resource.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Translations
thing that is renewable
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- Finnish: uusiutuva energianlähde
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renewable resource
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- Finnish: uusiutuva luonnonvara
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