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potable

[poh-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.

noun

Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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

Related forms

po·ta·bil·i·ty, po·ta·ble·ness, noun

non·po·ta·ble, adjective, noun

un·po·ta·ble, adjective

Can be confused: portable, potable.

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Example Sentences

Until recently, the barrio had no electricity or potable water.

There is a common good in having everyone's water delivered in a potable condition.

The non potable water is cleaned to make it potable at affordable cost and not using resources,which are already scarce.

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potable (ˈpəʊtəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	fit to drink; drinkable

—n
2.	something fit to drink; a beverage

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

pota'bility

—n

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Word Origin & History

potable

1572, from O.Fr. potable (14c.), from L.L. potabilis "drinkable," from L. potare "to drink" (see potion).

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Medical Dictionary

potable po·ta·ble (pō'tə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to drink; drinkable.

po'ta·bil'i·ty or po'ta·ble·ness n.