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View synonyms for drinkable

drinkable

[ dring-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. suitable for drinking. drinking.


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Other Words From

  • drinka·bili·ty drinka·ble·ness noun
  • drinka·bly adverb
  • non·drinka·ble adjective
  • un·drinka·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drinkable1

First recorded in 1605–15; drink + -able

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Example Sentences

It's a bright, drinkable IPA made with dry American hops giving the nose hints of mango and passion fruit.

Clean, drinkable water was already scarce and is likely to remain so for a time.

Altman had hosted a dinner for Paul and other members of the cast and had served a very cheap wine that was barely drinkable.

She had a speciality for making coffee, and really it was quite drinkable.

It became an instant necessity to use every heating appliance at command and start the distillation of a drinkable fluid.

You must know that a negative when it leaves the camera is no more fit for display than milk fresh from the cow is drinkable.

New wine and beer become ripe and drinkable in small skins much more readily than in large casks.

There was only one place in Salonika where they served tea that an Englishman would consider drinkable.

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