单词	potable
释义	potablepo‧ta‧ble /ˈpəʊtəbəl $ ˈpoʊ-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINpotable Origin: 1400-1500 Late Latin potabilis, from Latin potare ‘to drink’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bread, it would appear, is an indispensable foodstuff, as necessary to life as potable water. But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply. Reconstituted and recombined milk and milk products are those that result from the recombining of milk constituents with potable water. The fact that a water is potable does not, however, necessarily make it suitable for textile purposes. There is no potable water, except what you carry with you, and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity. This provides for a supply of very good quality water to the main river, which itself is used as potable supply. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► water · There is no potable water, except what you carry with you, and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity.· Bread, it would appear, is an indispensable foodstuff, as necessary to life as potable water.· But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply.· Reconstituted and recombined milk and milk products are those that result from the recombining of milk constituents with potable water. potable water is safe to drink SYN  drinkable
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