serviceable

Preposition: for

mouth: BLACKTHORN: Culpepper recommends a wash of the fruits as " Serviceable for sore mouth, gums, to fasten loose teeth, etc.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Making the area safe and making machinery serviceable are further costs for which the business is responsible.
• keep: When the ship was not involved in combat he kept the equipment serviceable and cleaned the ship.

Modifies a noun

• aircraft: A large enemy attack followed leaving only 7 serviceable aircraft 48 hours later.
• condition: Beside, the limy web, despite the rents suffered during the night, is still in serviceable condition.
• weapon: Some of these countries are now a short time away from having a serviceable nuclear weapon.
• equipment: The work proved complex and the development of serviceable equipment was difficult.
• engine: However, problems with its liquid cooled engine resulted in large numbers of airframes being placed in storage awaiting serviceable engines.
• life: Fourth, replace the battery at the end of its serviceable life.

Modifying Another Word

• perfectly: Why would someone want to jump out of a perfectly serviceable plane at 12,000 feet?
• fully: With the blob of grease removed, the FCU was fully serviceable.
• highly: In so doing he gave away a highly serviceable political weapon.
• quite: Those machines had all been brought in from Czechoslovakia and tho quite serviceable and heavy, were not brand new by any means.
• still: The existing solar panels were re-used as they were still serviceable, even after 13 years exposed to the elements.
• very: I had long been aware that such trifling presents are often very serviceable.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: Once inflated, good hose will remain serviceable for up to 24 hours.
• make: Items found to be unsafe for use should be segregated and NOT used, until made serviceable by an authorized person.
• find: The scraped pulp was applied as a stimulating plaster, and in gout, rheumatism and paralysis has been found serviceable in many instances.
• seem: This evening's program included some of Ashton's greatest work; the performances seemed generally serviceable, rather than outstanding.
• store: These are to be stored serviceable, with a view to re-leasing.