Home › Words › K › keepablekeepablekeepable means that can be kept or is worth keeping.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, keepable ranks #2,710 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English kepeable, equivalent to keep + -able.adjThat can be kept or is worth keeping.nounSomething that can or should be kept.e.g.“We get so caught up in the mechanics of staying the execution of all our expensive and exciting keepables that we miss the whole reason to master this, to get clutter under control.” — 1995, don Aslett, Don Aslett's Clutter Free!: Finally & Forever, page 83:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).