Renewable Definition
rĭ-no͝oə-bəl, -nyo͝o-
adjective
That can be renewed.
A renewable lease.
Webster's New World
Relating to or being a commodity or resource, such as solar energy or firewood, that is inexhaustible or replaceable by new growth.
American Heritage
That can be replenished by normal ecological cycles, as solar, wind, or water power.
Renewable energy.
Webster's New World
(of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply; not finite.
Solar and wind power are renewable, but coal is not.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
- unrenewable
Origin of Renewable
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renew +"Ž -able
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