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flushable

American  
[fluhsh-uh-buhl] / ˈflʌʃ ə bəl /

adjective

  1. able to be flushed down a toilet without causing plumbing issues or introducing harmful and nonremovable substances into wastewater; safe for flushing.

  2. (of a toilet or commode) capable of flushing.


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"Instead of marketing them as being flushable, provide labelling to inform the public that they need to bin them and not flush them down the toilets."

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Becenti, the 42-year-old mother of five, remembers shedding tears of joy when running water finally was installed in her house and her family could use a flushable indoor toilet.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Acknowledging his lack of chemistry skills, he was to seek and find an Ohio-based soluble paper specialist which developed, under his design patent, a stool collector that was flushable.

From BBC ● May 22, 2022

Now’s a good time to talk about those wretched flushable wipes.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

Out of everything that he would be giving up for these next possibly two months, a flushable toilet was definitely in his top three, alongside internet and Hot Pockets.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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