potableness


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po·ta·ble

 (pō′tə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to drink.
n.
A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage: wine and other potables.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pōtābilis, from Latin pōtāre, to drink, from pōtus, a drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
po′ta·bil′i·ty, po′ta·ble·ness n.
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potableness

(ˈpəʊtəbəlnəs)
n
the quality of being potable or drinkable
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