Adjective
This coffee is so hot it's not drinkable.
technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkableNoun
the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables
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To create the fog and choreograph its presence across the 10,000-square-foot site, Ms. Nakaya altered the landscape and collaborated with Aquaria, a San Francisco company whose technology harvests atmospheric moisture for clean, drinkable water.—Nazanin Lankarani, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Listen to this article Skokie restaurateurs were left heartbroken on Valentine’s Day when a broken water main disaster in northeastern Skokie left the village without drinkable tap water from Feb. 14 through 16.—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
Keep in mind that determining the exact dosage per serving in homemade edibles and drinkables can be difficult—you’ll never be 100 percent accurate because many factors can influence the outcome.—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Keep in mind that determining the exact dosage per serving in homemade edibles and drinkables can be difficult—you’ll never be 100 percent accurate because many factors can influence the outcome.—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drinkable
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