Definition of "potable" [po•ta•ble]

• Fit to drink. (adjective)
• A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage: wine and other potables. (noun)

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• "On the other hand, it is possible to obtain potable water, filing a request with the community and paying a fee and purchasing a hose to connect to the community water supply to the property, connecting with the nearest neighbor."
• "The municipality may call it potable water but it hasn't been processed to kill all of those nasty little bugs that make you sick."
• "I live in a Fracc where the water is potable from the tap and pressureized, however in the last newsletter from the Board there was a note about the quality of the Fracc filtration system."