Associations to the word «Opposable»

Wiktionary

OPPOSABLE, adjective. Capable of being opposed or resisted.
OPPOSABLE, adjective. Capable of being placed opposite something else.

Dictionary definition

OPPOSABLE, adjective. Capable of being placed opposite to something; "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne