drinkable

& s. [Eng. drink; -able.] A. As adj.: That may or can be drunk; fit or suitable for drinking; potable. "There was neither wood nor stone, neither firm earth nor drinkable water."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. B. As subst.: A liquor that may be drunk; drink. "My wife and the young ones stuck to the drinkables at the Guildhall, as long as was decent."-T. Hook: Giloert Gurney, vol. iii., ch. ii. drink-a-ble-ne , s. [Eng. drinkable; -ne .] The quality or state of being drinkable; potable ne .