palatablepal‧at‧a‧ble /ˈpælətəbəl/ adjective 
a very palatable wine2an idea, suggestion etc that is palatable is acceptable OPP unpalatablepalatable to They changed the wording of the advertisement to make it more palatable to women. The truth, as always, is slightly less palatable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a palatable wine
- A docudrama can remedy unhappy or unjust conclusions by packaging them in palatable forms.
- Barley straw is soft and palatable, and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle.
- Dinner was sardines and stew, made palatable by two lots of vodka.
- Every charcuterie in town had been ransacked in order to provide something palatable.
- If there was no numbing and if the item was reasonably palatable, then they'd take another small bite and swallow.
- The food is now palatable, and the medical treatment first-rate.
- The new invention was nutritious, palatable, cheap and simple to make.
- There was certainly an ample amount of food, and it was all reasonably palatable.
WORD SETS
acid, adjectiveacidic, adjectivebitter, adjectivebittersweet, adjectivebland, adjectivechalky, adjectivechocolatey, adjectivefishy, adjectivefloury, adjectivefoul, adjectivegamey, adjectivegamy, adjectiveminty, adjectivemoreish, adjectivenutty, adjectivepalatable, adjectivepalate, nounpeppery, adjectiveplummy, adjectiveripe, adjectivesavour, nounsavoury, adjectivesharp, adjectivesmooth, adjectivesoapy, adjectivesour, adjectivespearmint, nounsweet, adjectivesweet-and-sour, adjectivesweetness, nountang, nountaste, verbvanilla, adjectivevinegary, adjectivezing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They changed the wording of the advertisement to make it more palatable to women.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1palatable food or drink has a pleasant or acceptable taste OPP unpalatable: They changed the wording of the advertisement to make it more palatable to women.· The linguistic transformation known as object deletion is used to ensure that instances of police aggression are rendered more palatable.· And the fact that some boys may have been whipped unjustly fifty years ago does not make that injustice more palatable today.· Other factors have also forced a rethink on the left, making it more palatable to Washington.· Public financing is more palatable, however, when combined with other, more popular reforms such as limits on campaign spending.· This detail may not make the annual recorded crime figures, showing another rise in violent crime, seem much more palatable.· The figures were made no more palatable by a spate of published tables listing Britain's richest people.· The people of Wootton Bassett want those words translated into a more palatable future.· The thousand-headed and dwarf thousand-headed varieties are the hardiest; the marrow-stemmed are more palatable but not so frost-resistant.
a very palatable wine2an idea, suggestion etc that is palatable is acceptable OPP unpalatablepalatable to They changed the wording of the advertisement to make it more palatable to women. The truth, as always, is slightly less palatable.