reclaimable
Able to retrieve
Reclaimable describes something that can be recovered, restored, or reclaimed.
Land may be reclaimable from the sea or from industrial contamination.
Materials are reclaimable when they can be salvaged for reuse: reclaimable metals, reclaimable packaging.
A person might be reclaimable from addiction or bad habits.
The word implies effort—what's reclaimable isn't automatically reclaimed.
Capable of being remade
- reusableFit for repeated service
- compostableAble to decompose naturally
- biodegradableAble to decompose naturally
- repurposableCapable of new application
salvageable · sustainable · eco-friendly · secondhand · preloved · remanufacturable · refurbishable · rebuildable
Able to be restored
- reconstructibleAble to be rebuilt
- repairableAble to be fixed
- mendableAble to be fixed
- fixableCapable of being mended
rebuildable · salvageable · vintage · antique · dilapidated · derelict · fixer-upper · weathered
Able to be gotten back
- regainableAble to be recaptured
- redeemableAble to be reclaimed
- rescuableCapable of being saved
- replevinAction recovering wrongfully-held goods
foreclosed · collateral · defaulted · seized · impounded · abandoned · escheat · salvage
Waterlogged land ecosystem
- marshlandWaterlogged lowland area
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- strip-minedOre removed by excavation
- deforestedCleared of trees
eroded · floodplain · peatland · quarried · polluted · contaminated · degraded · desertified
recyclable
Capable of being remade
- reusableFit for repeated service
- compostableAble to decompose naturally
- biodegradableAble to decompose naturally
repurposable · salvageable · sustainable · eco-friendly · secondhand · preloved · remanufacturable · refurbishable · rebuildable
refurbishable
Able to be restored
- reconstructibleAble to be rebuilt
- repairableAble to be fixed
- mendableAble to be fixed
fixable · rebuildable · salvageable · vintage · antique · dilapidated · derelict · fixer-upper · weathered
retrievable
Able to be gotten back
- regainableAble to be recaptured
- redeemableAble to be reclaimed
- rescuableCapable of being saved
replevin · foreclosed · collateral · defaulted · seized · impounded · abandoned · escheat · salvage
wetland
Waterlogged land ecosystem
- marshlandWaterlogged lowland area
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- strip-minedOre removed by excavation
deforested · eroded · floodplain · peatland · quarried · polluted · contaminated · degraded · desertified · overgrazed
- Can Be Fixedfixable, repairable, mendable, correctable, reparable
reclaimableirreclaimable
Unable to be recovered
unrecoverable · irrecoverable · unreclaimable · lost · irretrievable
reclaimableirredeemable
Impossible to reform
incorrigible · incurable · beyond redemption · lost · damned
reclaimableuseless
Without practical value
worthless · waste · unusable · unrecyclable · disposable