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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
potable
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
water
▪ There is no potable water, except what you carry with you, and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity.
▪ Bread, it would appear, is an indispensable foodstuff, as necessary to life as potable water.
▪ But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply.
▪ Reconstituted and recombined milk and milk products are those that result from the recombining of milk constituents with potable water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bread, it would appear, is an indispensable foodstuff, as necessary to life as potable water.
▪ But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply.
▪ Reconstituted and recombined milk and milk products are those that result from the recombining of milk constituents with potable water.
▪ The fact that a water is potable does not, however, necessarily make it suitable for textile purposes.
▪ There is no potable water, except what you carry with you, and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity.
▪ This provides for a supply of very good quality water to the main river, which itself is used as potable supply.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Potable

Potable \Po"ta*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. potabilis, fr. potare to drink; akin to Gr. po`tos a drinking, po`sis a drink, Skr. p[=a] to drink, OIr. ibim I drink. Cf. Poison, Bib, Imbibe.] Fit to be drunk; drinkable. ``Water fresh and potable.''
--Bacon. -- n. A potable liquid; a beverage. ``Useful in potables.''
--J. Philips.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
potable

early 15c., from Old French potable (14c.) and directly from Late Latin potabilis "drinkable," from Latin potare "to drink" (see potion).

Wiktionary
potable

a. Good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease. n. Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

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WordNet
potable

  1. adj. of alcoholic beverages that are suitable for drinking; "it's an impudent young wine but I think you will find it quite potable"

  2. n. any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable]

Usage examples of "potable".

Our brewmasters produce four distinct fermented beverages: quite potable, I'm told.

Our brewmasters produce four distinct fermented beverages: quite potable, I'm told.

A small, potable spring bubbled up from somewhere deep in the heart of the mountain, and a few shallow caves offered shelter from the elements.

Only when he was working on his second glass did he remember to offer me some of this potable aqua regia.

She had access to flush toilets whenever she needed them and complete with endless yards of feathery-soft toilet tissue, she probably showered or bathed on a daily basis with the hot water that was available for only the effort of turning a tap, and all of her water, hot and cold, was always clear and potable.

It is the Medicine of Metals, the Stone of the Wise, the Potable Gold, the Elixir of Life that is consumed therein.

Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all their panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases.

Wild fruitcakes were ripe and a water chestnut provided potable water.