potable
adjective/ˈpəʊtəbl/
/ˈpəʊtəbl/
(formal)- (of water) safe to drinkOxford Collocations DictionaryPotable is used with these nouns:
- water
Word Originlate Middle English: from French potable, from late Latin potabilis, from Latin potare ‘to drink’.Definitions on the go
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