as in lighted
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of consumable
This increase is attributed to higher consumable sales.
—
Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Energy equipment & services; oil, gas & consumable fuels.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
In an interview with the Star-Telegram, Miller noted that as the consumable hemp products have come onto the market, the opening of vape shops have boomed.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
Flowers, food and other consumable items (within reasonable quantities) are acceptable, as are copies of books presented by the author, provided the subject matter is not controversial, the policy states.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for consumable
Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Energy equipment & services; oil, gas & consumable fuels.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
In an interview with the Star-Telegram, Miller noted that as the consumable hemp products have come onto the market, the opening of vape shops have boomed.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
Flowers, food and other consumable items (within reasonable quantities) are acceptable, as are copies of books presented by the author, provided the subject matter is not controversial, the policy states.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for consumable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumable
Adjective
-
Another consideration is how close the development sits to heavy vegetation and highly flammable fuels, and to manage them with a combination of wet zones, thinning zones, and fire-resistant planting.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
-
These stains can leave behind highly flammable residues that may ignite, even at low temperatures.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
And all this against an inflammable backdrop of geopolitical crises including but not limited to the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.—
John Leicester,
Quartz,
15 Apr. 2024
-
Heat also stresses old electrical systems — insulation breaks down; lubricants in relays dry out — and a not-insignificant amount of the subway’s electrical wiring dates to the 1920s and 1930s, some of it cloth-covered, inflammable, and pervious to water.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
28 July 2023
Adjective
-
Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
-
For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
That leaves the party with a combustible combination of entrenched elites presiding over a rank-and-file cohort that loathes both Donald Trump and their own party.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
-
Mixed in with newer homes and buildings constructed with fire-wise methods and materials are wooden cabins from the 1940s and ‘50s with highly combustible shake roofs and wood decks.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
-
Earth upon Earth has opened and already come to the iced or flaming end of everything except sludge or scales or fur.—
Julie Swarstad Johnson,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
-
Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away.—
Stephen A. Pyne,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Consumable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumable. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share