Definition of consumable
: capable of being consumed
- consumable goods
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There is nothing as intoxicating as possibility, and the promise latent in every beauty consumable, no matter how tackily packaged or how ludicrous its claims, is matched only by the near guarantee of equivalent disappointment.
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Bourdain’s magic lies is in his capacity to formulate the most updated representation of readily consumable alterity.
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The drop-off The Dawning just exacerbates the problem with its arcane, artificially restricted, and often consumable cosmetics.
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As Schneider argued, schools are not a consumable good like breakfast cereal.
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The focus of these points of tension is the way our society treats black women as inhuman, their bodies consumable or publicly available.
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There should be room for four to five groups to work on projects at the time, as well as a dining room area for guests to consume any consumables that end up consumable.
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The opium section illustrates how much of this book’s richness derives from the fact that what is ostensibly a chapter of the tea story ends up drawing in another consumable item as well.
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Spreading from streetwear to sneakers to music to now nearly anything marketable and consumable, the drop has become a failsafe marketing tool for creating hype and inflating sales.
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First Known Use of consumable
1547
Definition of consumable
: something (such as food or fuel) that is consumable
—usually used in plural
Recent Examples of consumable from the Web
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The golden consumables are a definite hit with guests, according to Sudheera Fernando.
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The firm defines such individuals as those having investable assets of $1 million or more, excluding primary residence, collectibles, consumables and consumer durables.
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But these track-day consumables are a bit deceiving.
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There should be room for four to five groups to work on projects at the time, as well as a dining room area for guests to consume any consumables that end up consumable.
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Their cash benefit will be spent on consumables, which will positively impact the retail business.
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Which, for primary heroes already on the disc and expected by fans, is quite a bit of time to devote solely to those unlocks and not to any other seemingly necessary consumables like loot boxes.
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Doctors’ orders: Stay away from deli meats, soft cheeses and alcohol, among other consumables!
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Americans have in recent decades come to talk about education less as a public good, like a strong military or a noncorrupt judiciary, than as a private consumable.
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First Known Use of consumable
1722
CONSUMABLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of consumable for English Language Learners
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—used to describe products that need to be replaced after they have been used for a period of time
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