Adjective
This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable.
technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkableNoun
the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables
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Projects to turn wastewater into drinkable water are progressing in San Diego and East County, but their costs have once again spiked.—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025 In Bangladesh, the NGO said, 47,000 Rohingya refugees may be deprived of access to drinkable water.—Isabelle Mayault, The Dial, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
Keep in mind that determining the exact dosage per serving in homemade edibles and drinkables can be difficult—you’ll never be 100 percent accurate because many factors can influence the outcome.—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Bourbon was aged for 19 years and three months, which Bhakta himself admits is pretty old for a bourbon, possibly teetering on the edge of drinkable.—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drinkable
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