English > potable: 2 senses > noun 1, food| Meaning | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking. |
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| Synonyms | beverage, drink, drinkable |
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| Narrower | alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant | A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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| cider, cyder | A beverage made from juice pressed from apples |
| cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate | A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar |
| coffee, java | A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans |
| cooler | An iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice |
| drinking water | water suitable for drinking |
| fizz | An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) |
| fruit drink, ade | A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
| fruit juice, fruit crush | drink produced by squeezing or crushing / crushing fruit |
| ginger beer | carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger |
| hydromel | honey diluted in water |
| mate | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate |
| milk | A white nutritious liquid / liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings |
| mixer | club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol |
| near beer | drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol |
| oenomel | wine mixed with honey |
| potion | A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage |
| refresher | A drink that refreshes |
| smoothie | A thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk |
| soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) |
| tea | A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water |
| tea-like drink | A beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves |
| wish-wash | Any thin watery drink |
| Broader | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
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| liquid | A substance that is liquid / liquid at room temperature and pressure |
| Spanish | beber, bebida, bebidas, potable, trago |
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| Catalan | beguda, potable |
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| Adjectives | potable | suitable for drinking |
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