Definition of palatable
1 : agreeable to the palate or taste The restaurant's chicken dishes are quite palatable.
2 : agreeable or acceptable to the mind attempted to make physics palatable to a broader range of students
palatableness
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Examples of palatable in a Sentence
a less than palatable beer
I did not find the idea of moving again very palatable.
Recent Examples of palatable from the Web
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For repressive governments, criminal-defamation laws can provide a more palatable way to silence critics than locking them up.
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One Republican political strategist explained to me that what made Trump palatable to McCain—despite everything McCain dislikes about the man—
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The new head of FS1 will have to figure out how to make the synergy between Fox Sports’s remote or event production (the group that produces live sporting events) and FS1’s studio shows more palatable.
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And the contestants were off, deciding how to use the somewhat unrelated ingredients to make a palatable breakfast.
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Of course, the widening support by no means makes UBI politically palatable.
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As early as Thursday, the Senate will take a momentous vote to repeal the health law, and for Republicans from states that expanded their Medicaid program, the options are anything but palatable.
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But some other factors may be less palatable from a political perspectives.
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The refreshing Ginger Lemon Radler is palatable and easy for beer newcomers.
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How Should You Use palatable?
Palatable comes from palate, a Latin-derived word for the roof of the mouth. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking." Palatable has been used in English to refer to palate-pleasing foods since 1619, but it isn't our only—or our oldest—adjective for agreeable tastes. Savory dates from the 14th century. Toothsome has been around since 1551. Tasty was first used in the early 17th century. And appetizing has been gracing culinary reviews since 1653.
First Known Use of palatable
1662
Synonym Discussion of palatable
PALATABLE Defined for English Language Learners
palatable
playDefinition of palatable for English Language Learners
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: having a pleasant or agreeable taste
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: pleasant or acceptable to someone
PALATABLE Defined for Kids
palatable
playDefinition of palatable for Students
: pleasant to the taste
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