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drinkable

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈdrɪnkəbəl/
Freq #48798

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Safe and suitable to drink.

    The water from this tap is perfectly drinkable.

  2. 2
    adj

    Pleasant enough to drink; of acceptable quality.

    It wasn't the best coffee, but it was drinkable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · safe and suitable to drink. potablesafe to drink
More chuggabledownablepotulentquaffable
Opposites
impotablenonpotableundrinkableunpotable
Word family
Derived forms drinkableness
Related forms drinkpotent

Etymology

From Middle English drinkable, drynkeable, equivalent to drink + -able.

drinkable Middle English
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