yieldable

American  

[yeel-duh-buhl] / ˈyil də bəl /

adjective

1. capable of yielding or of producing a yield.

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Etymology

Origin of yieldable

First recorded in 1570–80; yield + -able

Example Sentences

Fonda finally solved that problem with a "yieldable bed" of felt under the film, which would permit the needle to emboss a groove in the film without cutting through it.

From Time Magazine Archive

I shall grant that many things are yieldable even to a grassonant dominator, and tyrannical occupant of the place of magistracy; as 1.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander