Capable of being drilled or suitable for drilling operations.
From 'drill' (Old French origin) plus '-able' suffix (from Latin 'habilis'). This practical term developed in industrial and construction vocabularies.
Engineers determine which areas of the Earth's crust are 'drillable' before spending millions on drilling operations—it's a calculated bet based on geological surveys and computer models.
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