adjective / noun
tangible
TAN-juh-bul/ˈtændʒəbl/
Having material form perceptible by touch.
The clay sphere is tangible, its solid surface felt beneath the man's fingertips.
Etymology
Literally “capable of being touched,” tangible extended from physical objects to things that could be possessed or dealt with. That shift explains its use for something clearly real and definite, even when it cannot literally be touched.
In context
something more tangible like maybe the size of the Earth
More examples
- The sculptor turns her ideas into tangible shapes in clay.
- Tools and equipment are tangible assets of the business.
- The company's tangibles include its buildings, vehicles, and machinery.
Forms
tangible · tangibles
tangibility noun — The quality of having touchable physical form.