Synonyms
Examples of drinkable in a Sentence
Adjective
This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable.
technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkable
Noun
the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables
Recent Examples on the Web
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Hat Trick, a soccer or hockey term for three goals by one player in a single match, surprisingly drinkable despite a relatively high level of alcohol.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
As a result, the ocean has become incredibly saline, while our inland water sources remain drinkable.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
Your farmer can harvest eggs more quickly and get to making goods like mayonnaise, which will be drinkable.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
In a statement, the company said brine and freshwater are not the same because brine isn't drinkable or usable for any other purpose.
—Associated Press, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
According to the United Nations, more than 95 percent of water from the coastal aquifer is not drinkable.
—Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
Thousands are living in makeshift shelters, and Rafah doesn’t have the capacity in terms of infrastructure, health, work, or drinkable water.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
In Dubai, the Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex — the largest facility of its kind in the world — pipes water from the sea, sending it through a series of treatment phases, then to the city as drinkable water.
—Arielle Paul, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
Ella Nilsen, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
Also, these products may contain synthetic materials and chemical agents that can harm wildlife and strain the treatment process that helps make water drinkable.
—cleveland, 1 May 2020
The imperative to make seawater drinkable shows no sign of easing.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2019
Some coastal areas are seeing water that was once drinkable become contaminated with saltwater from the sea.
—Julie Creswell, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020
Getty Images Mead’s foundation in honey perpetuates the inaccurate perception that meads are too sweet and too thick, or only drinkable in the winter or around a fire.
—Shawndra Russell, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2019
Larson said lower-dose drinkables allow people to have more than one beverage in a sitting.
—Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Yet edible, drinkable and smokable CBD products have flooded the market anyway, delivering big profits to some farmers and manufacturers and purportedly helping many consumers manage their health problems.
—Sophie Quinton, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
Some have fewer calories, carbs and sugars than most drinkables and traditional beverages.
—Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Adjective
This 15-year-old bourbon was somehow still very drinkable, although a little bit of water or a large ice cube is a good way to go while still revealing deep notes of oak, spice, vanilla, and dark stone fruit.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Hat Trick, a soccer or hockey term for three goals by one player in a single match, surprisingly drinkable despite a relatively high level of alcohol.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
As a result, the ocean has become incredibly saline, while our inland water sources remain drinkable.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
Your farmer can harvest eggs more quickly and get to making goods like mayonnaise, which will be drinkable.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
In a statement, the company said brine and freshwater are not the same because brine isn't drinkable or usable for any other purpose.
—Associated Press, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2024
According to the United Nations, more than 95 percent of water from the coastal aquifer is not drinkable.
—Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
Thousands are living in makeshift shelters, and Rafah doesn’t have the capacity in terms of infrastructure, health, work, or drinkable water.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
In Dubai, the Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex — the largest facility of its kind in the world — pipes water from the sea, sending it through a series of treatment phases, then to the city as drinkable water.
—Arielle Paul, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
Noun
And states and individual water districts are also submitting applications for additional funding to support long-term projects including drip irrigation, ripping out water-intensive grass from cities, or investing in desalination plants to make ocean water or brackish water drinkable.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
Also, these products may contain synthetic materials and chemical agents that can harm wildlife and strain the treatment process that helps make water drinkable.
—cleveland, 1 May 2020
The imperative to make seawater drinkable shows no sign of easing.
—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2019
Some coastal areas are seeing water that was once drinkable become contaminated with saltwater from the sea.
—Julie Creswell, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020
Getty Images Mead’s foundation in honey perpetuates the inaccurate perception that meads are too sweet and too thick, or only drinkable in the winter or around a fire.
—Shawndra Russell, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2019
Larson said lower-dose drinkables allow people to have more than one beverage in a sitting.
—Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019
Yet edible, drinkable and smokable CBD products have flooded the market anyway, delivering big profits to some farmers and manufacturers and purportedly helping many consumers manage their health problems.
—Sophie Quinton, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
Some have fewer calories, carbs and sugars than most drinkables and traditional beverages.
—Ed Murrieta, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019
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“Drinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinkable. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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