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assimilable

[ uh-sim-uh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being assimilated.


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Other Words From

  • as·simi·la·bili·ty noun
  • nonas·simi·la·bili·ty noun
  • nonas·simi·la·ble adjective
  • unas·simi·la·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assimilable1

1640–50; < Medieval Latin assimilābilis, equivalent to Latin assimilā ( re ) ( assimilate ) + -bilis -ble
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Example Sentences

Most pharmacologists believe that whatever virtue there is in cod-liver oil depends on its qualities as an easily assimilable fat.

Le culte est assimilable dans une certaine mesure aux incantations, aux pratiques magiques.

Milk fresh from the cow, and the egg while it is still warm, are assimilable to the highest degree.

Without this it is wholly absurd to say either that they are or are not assimilable.

Milk is the natural food of the young mammal, and contains all the foodstuffs in a form easily assimilable.

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