Adjective
This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable.
technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkableNoun
the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables
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Adjective
Public city fountains flowed with drinkable alpine water.—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023 This 15-year-old bourbon was somehow still very drinkable, although a little bit of water or a large ice cube is a good way to go while still revealing deep notes of oak, spice, vanilla, and dark stone fruit.—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Noun
And states and individual water districts are also submitting applications for additional funding to support long-term projects including drip irrigation, ripping out water-intensive grass from cities, or investing in desalination plants to make ocean water or brackish water drinkable.—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023 Also, these products may contain synthetic materials and chemical agents that can harm wildlife and strain the treatment process that helps make water drinkable.—cleveland, 1 May 2020 See all Example Sentences for drinkable
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