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di·gest·i·ble

 (dī-jĕs′tə-bəl, dĭ-)
adj.
Readily or easily digested: digestible meals.

di·gest′i·bil′i·ty n.
di·gest′i·bly adv.
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digestible

(dɪˈdʒɛstəbəl; daɪ-)
adj
(Cookery) capable of being digested or easy to digest
diˌgestiˈbility, diˈgestibleness n
diˈgestibly adv
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di•gest•i•ble

(dɪˈdʒɛs tə bəl, daɪ-)

adj.
capable of being readily digested.
[1350–1400; < Late Latin]
di•gest`i•bil′i•ty, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.digestible - capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
comestible, eatable, edible - suitable for use as food
indigestible - digested with difficulty
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Translations
قابِل للهَضْم
stravitelný
fordøjelig
emészthetõ
meltanlegur
stráviteľný
sindirilebilir

digestible

[dɪˈdʒestəbl] ADJ
1. [food] → digerible
easily digestiblefácil de digerir
2. (= understandable) [information] → asimilable, fácil de digerir
he presents the information in an easily digestible formpresenta la información de un modo fácil de digerir or fácilmente asimilable
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digestible

[daɪˈdʒɛstəbəl dɪˈdʒɛstəbəl] adj
[food] → digestible
[idea, information] → facile à assimiler
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digestible

adjverdaulich
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digestible

[dɪˈdʒɛstəbl] adjdigeribile
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digest

(daiˈdʒest) verb
1. to break up (food) in the stomach etc and turn it into a form which the body can use. The invalid had to have food that was easy to digest.
2. to take in and think over (information etc). It took me some minutes to digest what he had said.
noun
summary; brief account. a digest of the week's news.
diˈgestible adjective
able to be digested. This food is scarcely digestible.
diˈgestion (-tʃən) noun
1. the act of digesting food.
2. the ability of one's body to digest food. poor digestion.
diˈgestive (-tiv) adjective
of digestion. the human digestive system.
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digestible

adj digerible, digestible
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References in classic literature ?
"I thought the steaks more digestible," the Trainer explained.
Without any aid from the science of cookery, he was immediately employed, in common with his fellows, in gorging himself with this digestible sustenance.
It was in vain urged by the housewife that God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation; that fermentation develops the saccharine element in the grain, and makes it more palatable and more digestible. No; they wish the pure wheat, and will die but it shall not ferment.
On the other hand, polysaccharides are digestible as well as non-digestible.
Starch can be classified into three basic categories, rapidly digestible, slowly digestible and digestion resistant.
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(2012) indicated a quadratic effect of increase in egg weight, egg mass and feed conversion when 0.754, 0.772 and 0.795% levels of digestible lysine have been used.
Our early work on food plots focused mainly on the crude and digestible protein of various cultivated species and varieties, such as legumes, cereal grains and broadleaf plants.
In an interview, he said, 'The country is making fast-track progress under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif but it is not digestible by his opponents.'