retortable adjective3 •Suitable for heating in a retort.The zone of retortable oil shale underlying the pattern wells was from 340- to 380- foot depth. — 1919 •Suitable for retort processing.Retortable pouches were the first to come on the scene as retortable packaging. — 2012 •To which one may produce a counterargument; answerable.The appeal to common sense, then, is altogether retortable, and leaves the whole question in statu quo; both matter and mind resting on exactly equivalent evidence, be it sufficient or insufficient. — 1846 formsmore retortable · most retortable