The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fermentable
Fermentable \Fer*ment"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. fermentable.] Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
Wiktionary
fermentable
a. Able to ferment or be fermented
WordNet
fermentable
adj. capable of being fermented
Usage examples of "fermentable".
It happens that Mr. Chadband has a pulpit habit of fixing some member of his congregation with his eye and fatly arguing his points with that particular person, who is understood to be expected to be moved to an occasional grunt, groan, gasp, or other audible expression of inward working, which expression of inward working, being echoed by some elderly lady in the next pew and so communicated like a game of forfeits through a circle of the more fermentable sinners present, serves the purpose of parliamentary cheering and gets Mr.