drinkable

«drinkable» in Mova's school dictionary: safe to drink — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (drinkable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Drinkable water or drink is safe to drink. tree →

2) Drinkable can also mean pleasant enough to drink, not too hot, sour or strong. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons it is used about clean water: filtering, boiling, and water supplies; in survival stories characters search for drinkable water. Phrases: «drinkable water», «make the water drinkable», «not drinkable».

examples

• Is this tap water drinkable? tree →
• Sea water is not drinkable because it is too salty. tree →
• They boiled the stream water to make it drinkable. tree →
• Only a small part of the Earth's water is drinkable. tree →
• The tea is drinkable now that it has cooled down. tree →
• In the story they found a spring of cold, drinkable water. tree →
• The sign said «Water not drinkable» above the tap. tree →

note

Formed from «drink» + «-able». Another word is «potable», used on signs. Clear water is not always drinkable: it can hold germs you cannot see. Never drink from a river or puddle unless an adult has made the water safe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drinkable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.