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digestible

American  
[dih-jes-tuh-buhl, dahy-] / dɪˈdʒɛs tə bəl, daɪ- /

adjective

  1. capable of being digested; readily digested.


digestible British  
/ dɪˈdʒɛstəbəl, daɪ- /

adjective

  1. capable of being digested or easy to digest

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of digestible

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin dīgestibilis < Latin dīgest ( us ) ( see digest) + -ibilis -ible

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He pushed for language that would make the “wedges” concepts more digestible.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

His videos are bite-sized and have the professional look of being made in a podcast studio, and the other posts have simple graphics and text broken up for easily digestible carousels.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

"They become kind of a bioconversion machine where they can remove some of those complicated molecules that the human gut cannot digest and convert them into more digestible substances."

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The goal: to improve the accuracy of online listings for millions of products at Walmart WMT 0.84%increase; green up pointing triangle , Best Buy and other retailers and make them easily digestible by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

Maize lacks digestible niacin, the amino acids lysine and tryptophan, necessary to make proteins and diets with too much maize can lead to protein deficiency and pellagra, a disease caused by lack of niacin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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