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potable

[ poh-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. fit or suitable for drinking:

    potable water.



noun

  1. Usually potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.

potable

/ ˈpəʊtəbəl /

adjective

  1. fit to drink; drinkable


noun

  1. something fit to drink; a beverage

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Derived Forms

  • ˌpotaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • pota·bili·ty pota·ble·ness noun
  • non·pota·ble adjective noun
  • un·pota·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of potable1

1565–75; < Late Latin pōtābilis drinkable, equivalent to Latin pōtā ( re ) to drink + -bilis -ble

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Word History and Origins

Origin of potable1

C16: from Late Latin pōtābilis drinkable, from Latin pōtāre to drink

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Example Sentences

Her goal is to reduce that number by making sure potable water is available and accessible to all.

But how many days can 300,000 people go without potable water before you can call it a full-blown crisis?

While there, I missed decent sidewalks, potable tap water, and a subway, markers of a society that cares about the common good.

The water of most of these is potable, but a few are a little saline, though not to such an extent as to influence vegetation.

The motive to this was a conceit that potable gold could be no other than the universal medicine: and why gold?

The word guma, like aubo, appears to be a generic term for water, or potable liquids.

That bacteria are not an inevitable element in potable water is proved by their absence from that of deep springs.

A chemist reads with interest Djafar's antique method of obtaining nitric He solves the problem of potable gold.

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