drinkable

drinkable
I. adjective Date: 1611 suitable or safe for drinking • drinkability noun II. noun Date: 1708 a liquid suitable for drinking ; beverage

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  • Drinkable — Drink a*ble, a. Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drinkable — index palatable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • drinkable — [driŋk′ə bəl] adj. fit for drinking n. a liquid fit for drinking; beverage usually used in pl …   English World dictionary

  • drinkable — [[t]drɪ̱ŋkəb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ Water that is drinkable is clean and safe for drinking. 2) ADJ GRADED If you say that a particular wine, beer, or other drink is drinkable, you mean that it tastes quite pleasant. The food was good and the wine… …   English dictionary

  • drinkable — drink|a|ble [ˈdrıŋkəbəl] adj 1.) water that is drinkable is safe to drink 2.) wine, beer etc that is drinkable is of good quality and tastes pleasant …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drinkable — adjective 1 water that is drinkable is safe to drink 2 wine, beer etc that is drinkable is of good quality and tastes pleasant …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • drinkable — adjective running low on drinkable water Syn: potable, fit to drink, palatable; pure, clean, safe, unpolluted, untainted, uncontaminated …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • drinkable — /ˈdrɪŋkəbəl/ (say dringkuhbuhl) adjective 1. that may be drunk; suitable for drinking. –noun 2. (usually plural) something drinkable; a liquid for drinking. –drinkability /drɪŋkəˈbɪləti/ (say dringkuh biluhtee), noun …  

  • drinkable — drink ► VERB (past drank; past part. drunk) 1) take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. 2) consume alcohol, especially to excess. 3) (drink in) watch or listen eagerly to. ► NOUN 1) a liquid consumed as refreshm …   English terms dictionary

  • drinkable — drinkability, drinkableness, n. drinkably, adv. /dring keuh beuhl/, adj. suitable for drinking. [1605 15; DRINK + ABLE] * * * …   Universalium

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