palatable
part of speech
adjective (palatable; more palatable, most palatable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Nice enough to eat or drink; having a pleasant taste. tree →
2) Acceptable or easy to agree with: "a more palatable idea". tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking and health, palatable food tastes good enough to eat; medicine may be made palatable with sweet flavour. In formal writing and news, a palatable plan or choice is one people can accept. Opposite: unpalatable (nasty to eat or hard to accept).
examples
- The medicine was made palatable with strawberry flavour. tree →
- Adding honey made the porridge more palatable. tree →
- School dinners have become more palatable this year. tree →
- The new bedtime rule was more palatable when we got a story too. tree →
- The truth was not palatable, but he needed to hear it. tree →
- Some leaves are not palatable to caterpillars. tree →
note
Rather formal. Comes from "palate" (the roof of the mouth, and the sense of taste). Do not mix up palate (mouth), palette (paints) and pallet (wooden platform).
Trees and pragmatics
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