palatable

adjective (palatable; more palatable, most palatable)

«palatable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Nice enough to eat or drink; having a pleasant taste. tree →
Acceptable or easy to agree with: "a more palatable idea". tree →

In the lessons

In cooking and health, palatable food tastes good enough to eat; medicine may be made palatable with sweet flavour. In formal writing and news, a palatable plan or choice is one people can accept. Opposite: unpalatable (nasty to eat or hard to accept).

Examples

The medicine was made palatable with strawberry flavour. tree →
Adding honey made the porridge more palatable. tree →
School dinners have become more palatable this year. tree →
The new bedtime rule was more palatable when we got a story too. tree →
The truth was not palatable, but he needed to hear it. tree →
Some leaves are not palatable to caterpillars. tree →

Note

Rather formal. Comes from "palate" (the roof of the mouth, and the sense of taste). Do not mix up palate (mouth), palette (paints) and pallet (wooden platform).

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «palatable» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«palatable» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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