chewable

American  

[choo-uh-buhl] / ˈtʃu ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being chewed.

   chewable aspirin.

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noun

1. something that can be chewed.

   Now that the baby is getting teeth, add chewables to his diet.

Other Word Forms

• unchewable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of chewable

First recorded in 1840–50; chew + -able

Example Sentences

You can also choose based on the formulation: Adult pain- and fever-reducers come in various types of pills; children’s medicines come in chewable tablet or liquid form.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2022

McCarthy scanned the cold-medicine aisle for a few minutes and called home to confirm that his son would tolerate grape-flavored chewable tablets instead of the liquid Motrin he was used to.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

It has a toy attached to a long, chewable rope that is suspended from a metal pole.

From The Verge • Mar. 26, 2022

Michael H. Parsons, a visiting research scholar at Fordham University who studies the city rats of New York, said that car engines evoked rats’ ancestral homes: dark, warm burrows with easy access to chewable roots.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

Belle picked up the economy jug of chewable vitamin C she kept behind the register and shook it at me.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead