drinkable

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adjective

drink·​able ˈdriŋ-kə-bəl How to pronounce drinkable (audio)
: suitable or safe for drinking
drinkability noun

drinkable

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noun

: a liquid suitable for drinking : beverage

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
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Adjective
Amenities include unlimited firewood, clean bathrooms, and drinkable well water. Campfire Ranch plans to open another hut outside Crested Butte and is looking for additional Colorado locations. Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024 Every day, the EPA works to monitor and address pollution poisoning our rivers and drinkable water. Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
One day, astronauts may be able to make Moon water drinkable. Thomas Orlando, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for drinkable 

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1611, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1708, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drinkable was in 1611

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“Drinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinkable. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

drinkable

adjective
drink·​able
ˈdriŋ-kə-bəl
: suitable or safe for drinking
drinkable water

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