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# drinkable

adjective (drinkable)

«drinkable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Drinkable water or drink is safe to drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#m1)
2. Drinkable can also mean pleasant enough to drink, not too hot, sour or strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons it is used about clean water: filtering, boiling, and water supplies; in survival stories characters search for drinkable water. Phrases: «drinkable water», «make the water drinkable», «not drinkable».

### Examples

- Is this tap water drinkable? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x1)
- Sea water is not drinkable because it is too salty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x2)
- They boiled the stream water to make it drinkable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x3)
- Only a small part of the Earth's water is drinkable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x4)
- The tea is drinkable now that it has cooled down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x5)
- In the story they found a spring of cold, drinkable water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x6)
- The sign said «Water not drinkable» above the tap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/#x7)

### Note

Formed from «drink» + «-able». Another word is «potable», used on signs. Clear water is not always drinkable: it can hold germs you cannot see. Never drink from a river or puddle unless an adult has made the water safe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drinkable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drinkable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drinkable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drinkable.html) on Mova free.