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potable
/ˈpoʊtəbəl/
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What does potable mean?
adjective
- Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.
noun
- Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpoʊtəbəl/
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The water of the sea that washed the castle walls was for a whole day sweet and potable, as many that tasted it experienced.
What wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth Elixir pure, and Rivers run Potable Gold, when with one vertuous touch Th’ Arch-chimic Sun so farr from us remote Produces with Terrestrial Humor mixt Here in the dark so many precious things Of colour glorious and effect so rare?