Modifies a noun

• age: But when she reached the marriageable age of eighteen, he could put her off no longer.

• girl: However, finding the right choice in America was not quite easy; marriageable Lebanese girls were few.

• woman: For children think very much the same thoughts and dream the same dreams, as bearded men and marriageable women.

• increase: These pressures could increase as the number of British Asians reaching marriageable age increases considerably.