potable
fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
Usually potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
Origin of potable
1Other words from potable
- po·ta·bil·i·ty, po·ta·ble·ness, noun
- non·po·ta·ble, adjective, noun
- un·po·ta·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with potable
- portable, potable
Words Nearby potable
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How to use potable in a sentence
Access to water in the eastern Coachella Valley cannot be separated out from development and cannot be separated out from issues of growth and the right to clean and potable water.
Postcard From Thermal: Surviving the Climate Gap in Eastern Coachella Valley | by Elizabeth Weil and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons | August 17, 2021 | ProPublicaDesalination is the process of removing mineral components from saltwater to produce potable water for drinking and farming needs.
40 million Americans depend on two reservoirs that just hit record lows | Monroe Hammond | July 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMaybe you need to figure out the water levels of a river at certain times of year, or determine if there’s potable water along your route, or learn about what the weather is typically like.
With the exception of the Scorpion Canyon Campground on Santa Cruz and the Water Canyon Campground on Santa Rosa, there’s also no potable water.
The Ultimate Channel Islands National Park Travel Guide | Shawnté Salabert | June 23, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe lawsuit contended that contaminants from Plant Scherer caused a “loss of potable water supply and increased risk of diseases.”
Her goal is to reduce that number by making sure potable water is available and accessible to all.
At Women in the World, the Reality of Uganda’s Brutal Gay Ban | Andrew Romano | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut how many days can 300,000 people go without potable water before you can call it a full-blown crisis?
In West Virginia Water, an Environmental Nightmare Borders on Crisis | Michael Tomasky | January 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile there, I missed decent sidewalks, potable tap water, and a subway, markers of a society that cares about the common good.
The water of most of these is potable, but a few are a little saline, though not to such an extent as to influence vegetation.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousThe motive to this was a conceit that potable gold could be no other than the universal medicine: and why gold?
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillThe word guma, like aubo, appears to be a generic term for water, or potable liquids.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftThat bacteria are not an inevitable element in potable water is proved by their absence from that of deep springs.
A chemist reads with interest Djafar's antique method of obtaining nitric He solves the problem of potable gold.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William Draper
British Dictionary definitions for potable
/ (ˈpəʊtəbəl) /
fit to drink; drinkable
something fit to drink; a beverage
Origin of potable
1Derived forms of potable
- potability, noun
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