Definitions for potables

potables po·ta·ble

Spelling: [poh-tuh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈpoʊ tə bəl/

Potables is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 517 anagrams from letters in potables (abelopst).

Definitions for potables

noun

  1. Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.

adjective

  1. fit or suitable for drinking:

Origin of potables

1565-75; Late Latin pōtābilis drinkable, equivalent to Latin pōtā(re) to drink + -bilis -ble

Examples for potables

Boiling and filtration are the means of removing impurities of this kind from potable waters.

Beside him strode his shadow, and lengthened as the sun westered in a haze of potable gold.

The spring water is potable and affords the nearest available water source.

They flow very clear—running over the chalk, clean and potable streams.

We have so far discussed only the various sources of potable water.

At the time of my visit there was but scanty water in the canyon and that not potable except for stock.

A number of springs are located in this vicinity, all, at present, permanent and potable.

While there, I missed decent sidewalks, potable tap water, and a subway, markers of a society that cares about the common good.

That bacteria are not an inevitable element in potable water is proved by their absence from that of deep springs.

A chemist reads with interest Djafar's antique method of obtaining nitric He solves the problem of potable gold.

Word Value for potables
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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