drinkable

CEFRA2

/drˈɪnkəbəl/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Safe or pleasant enough to drink.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of good or satisfactory quality.

Examples

  • If we have no more clean, drinkable water, we are doomed.

  • There's no drinkable water.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Safe to drink.

  2. Able to be drunk (as liquid).

noun

Extra meaning

  1. That which can be drunk.

More examples

In context

  • This water isn't drinkable.

  • During the course of the day we know how to face acute hunger, and learn the value of abstaining from using our eatables and drinkables.

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Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

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