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palatable Definition

pal·at·able (palit ə bəl)

adjective

  1. pleasant or acceptable to the taste; fit to be eaten or drunk
  2. acceptable to the mind

Etymology: palat(e) + -able

palatable Related Forms

pal′·at·abil·ity noun or pal·at·able·ness pal·at·ably adverb

palatable Synonyms

palatable

modif.

palatable Usage Examples

Preposition: for

audience: If it helps make The Tormented more palatable for Western audiences tho, then fair enough.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: The tumbling helps dilute the salt to make the chicken palatable.
  • find: Many pet owners also argue that their dogs find organic food more palatable.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: I leave that question hanging, for none of the plausible answers seems palatable.
  • become: In a world where profit usually beats principle, how can socially responsible investment become palatable?
  • make: The FA Cup exit at Lewes was made more palatable by the incredible season enjoyed by Jimmy Quinn's side.
  • find: There is food for thought there that not all will find palatable.
  • look: Dry food looks less palatable, but many cats eat it quite readily.

Modifying Another Word

  • politically: The issue is real urbanism, not some polite, politically palatable " lite " version thereof.
  • highly: Children like highly palatable, high fat, high sugar, high salt foods.
  • extremely: There are also local wines which are extremely palatable.
  • particularly: Many of the native shrub willows are even more limited in range and particularly palatable to animals.
  • very: The berries also make a very palatable jelly, often served with meat.
  • quite: However, his music, along with the stories his pieces are set to, are quite palatable for mini opera buffs.

Modifies a noun

  • diet: Including sugar containing foods may have allowed for a more palatable low-fat diet.
  • specie: Other, less palatable species have moved into the ecological niche they once occupied.
  • alternative: The tablets can be quite large and a liquid drink is a palatable alternative.
  • food: On balance, I'm sure that palatable food can almost always be achieved within the narrow functional confines of a pub.
  • option: Renting is starting to look like a palatable option!
  • form: But unconsciously he was seeking to reduce horror into a comprehensible and somehow palatable form.

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