Fit to drink.
n.
A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage: wine and other potables.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pōtābilis, from Latin pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink.]
potability po'ta·bil'i·ty or po'ta·ble·ness n.
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pōtābilis, from Latin pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink.]
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Suitable for drinking.
Example: The absence of potable water available to the land made it unsuitable for a housing development. The presence of toxic Contaminants in the water at an unacceptable level meant that the water was not potable.
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adj. [POH-tuh-bl] A word used to describe a liquid suitable for drinking, such as potable water. potable n. Any beverage, particularly those containing alcohol.
| Thesaurus: potable |
| Veterinary Dictionary: potable |
Fit to drink.
| Devil's Dictionary: potable |
n.
Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine. Upon nothing has so great and diligent ingenuity been brought to bear in all ages and in all countries, except the most uncivilized, as upon the invention of substitutes for water. To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific -- and without science we are as the snakes and toads.
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The backpackers carried potable water up the mountain.
| Translations: Potable |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - drikkelig, drikke-
n. - drik
Français (French)
adj. - potable
n. - boisson
Deutsch (German)
n. - Getränk
adj. - trinkbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποτό
adj. - πόσιμος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bebidas (f pl)
adj. - potável
Русский (Russian)
пригодный для питья
Español (Spanish)
adj. - potable
n. - potable
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dryckjom
adj. - drickbar
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
适于饮用的, 饮料
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 適於飲用的
n. - 飲料
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 마시기에 알맞은
n. - 음료, 술
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 飲用に適した
n. - 飲み物
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ماء مشروب (صفه) صالح للشرب
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ראוי לשתייה
n. - משקאות
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