ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpotable
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potable
Meaning: safe and suitable for drinking
potable in a sentence
How potable is used in real sentences:
The hikers carried tablets that could make stream water potable.
Engineers tested the well before declaring its water potable.
“At the bottom, dusty bottles labeled POTABLE stood beside a pump, but Lenora's notebook recorded sick tenants and cattle refusing the estate wells.”
— from the passage The Refusal at Ashdown
Synonyms for potable
Other words for potable — drinkable, safe to drink and fit for drinking — carry the same meaning.
- drinkable
- safe to drink
- fit for drinking
Antonyms of potable
Words that mean the opposite of potable:
- undrinkable
- contaminated
- toxic
Where it comes from
From Latin potare, meaning 'to drink.'
Memory hook
POTABLE sounds like 'pour-table': fit to pour at the table and drink.