Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine. Upon nothing has so great and diligent ingenuity been brought to bear in all ages and in all countries, except the most uncivilized, as upon the invention of substitutes for water. To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific -- and without science we are as the snakes and toads.
Fit to be drunk; drinkable.
A potable liquid; a beverage.
Fit, or suitable for drinking.
Water suitable, safe, or prepared for drinking.
Any beverage, particularly those containing alcohol.
Water that is suitable for drinking.
water: Fresh water supply which is used for human consumptive purposes such as drinking, bathing, cooking, or washing.
any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
of alcoholic beverages that are suitable for drinking; "it's an impudent young wine but I think you will find it quite potable"
Describes water that is safe and satisfactory for drinking and cooking. Compare non-potable water.
Water, which is safe to drink.
Water that is fit for drinking purposes.
Water which is considered safe for drinking.
suitable, safe, or prepared for drinking. Compare non-potable.
Anything considered "fit for human consumption".
water (or liquid) suitable for human consumption.
Level of water quality which is safe for human consumption.
Drinkable. Nonpotable means nondrinkable.
Water that is considered safe for domestic human consumption; drinkable water.
drinkable; for human consumption
A synonym for drinkable and is a measure of water quality.
water or liquid suitable for drinking.
drinkable water of excellent quality, conforms to state and federal requirements
Potable means water that is fit to drink.
Water that is suitable for human consumption.
This word means that a liquid is safe and suitable for drinking.
Water that has been tested and deemed suitable for drinking by health authorities or a municipal supplier.
Water that is safe to drink.
Potable describes water that is fit to drink.
Water that is potable is clean and free from harmful chemicals and disease-carrying microbes.