Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fit to drink.
- noun A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Drinkable; suitable for drinking.
- Hence Liquid; flowing.
- noun Anything that is drinkable; a drink.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fit to be drunk; drinkable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Good for
drinking without fear ofpoisoning ordisease . - noun Any
drinkable liquid ; abeverage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- adjective suitable for drinking
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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On the other hand, it is possible to obtain potable water, filing a request with the community and paying a fee and purchasing a hose to connect to the community water supply to the property, connecting with the nearest neighbor.
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The municipality may call it potable water but it hasn't been processed to kill all of those nasty little bugs that make you sick.
This means war 2008
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The municipality may call it potable water but it hasn't been processed to kill all of those nasty little bugs that make you sick.
This means war 2008
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
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I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system.
Should I add anything to the water in my underground storage tank? 2006
m8eyboy commented on the word potable
I found it in an article entitled "Water, water everywhere" on Interactive Investor, by Ceri Jones:
May 11, 2007
seanahan commented on the word potable
Also in the Jeopardy category "potent potables".
May 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word potable
Interesting comparison of etymology with potamic going on over there on that page...
March 6, 2008