Associations to the word «Renewable»

Wiktionary

RENEWABLE, adjective. Able to be renewed; capable of renewal.
RENEWABLE, adjective. (of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply; not finite.
RENEWABLE, noun. A thing that is renewable; especially, a renewable source of energy.
RENEWABLE, noun. A renewable resource.
RENEWABLE ENERGY, noun. Energy that can be replenished at the same rate as it is used.
RENEWABLE RESOURCE, noun. A natural resource such that it is replenished by natural processes at a rate comparable to its rate of consumption by humans or other users.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES, noun. Plural of renewable resource

Dictionary definition

RENEWABLE, adjective. That can be renewed or extended; "a renewable lease"; "renewable subscriptions".
RENEWABLE, adjective. Capable of being renewed; replaceable; "renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats