flushable
adjective, noun
flushable is an adjective meaning “Of a toilet, that has a flushing mechanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-U-S-H-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flushable mean?
adjective
- 1
Of a toilet, that has a flushing mechanism.
It's such a relief to find a flushable toilet in this bathroom.
- 2
Of a product, designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
Dispose of these pads carefully; they're not flushable.
noun
- 1
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of flushable
- more flushable comparative
- most flushable superlative
- flushables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flushable?
Flushable appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does flushable come from?
From flush + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).