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consumable

/kənˈsjuːməbəl/

consumable adjective: that is consumed or depleted upon use.

Adjective

consumable (comparative more consumable, superlative most consumable)

  1. That is consumed or depleted upon use.
    • Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...1991, Gayle Greene, Changing the Story: Feminist Fiction and the Tradition
  2. That may be eaten.

Noun

consumable (plural consumables)

  1. A material or product that is produced for consumption.
    • printer consumables such as toner and ink cartridges
    • The drillhead produces the drilling rotation and torque but also must slide out of position to allow the machine to manipulate the finisher drill steel and consumables.2006, Department of Mining Engineering, Proceedings: 35th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, volume 25, West Virginia University, page 162

consumable meaning in Hindi and Tamil

consumable in Hindi

consumable
उपभोज्य upbhojya

consumable in Tamil

நுகர்பொருள், பயன்படு பொருள்

Forms of consumable

Adjective
comparativemore consumable
superlativemost consumable
Noun
pluralconsumables

Origin of consumable

From consume + -able.

Words formed from consumable

Questions about consumable

What does consumable mean?
Consumable means that is consumed or depleted upon use.
What is consumable in Hindi?
Consumable in Hindi is उपभोज्य (upbhojya). See Consumable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is consumable?
Consumable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce consumable?
Consumable is pronounced /kənˈsjuːməbəl/.

Words near consumable in the dictionary

  1. consultory
  2. consultress
  3. consultresses
  4. consults
  5. consumability
  6. consumable
  7. consumables
  8. consumably
  9. consumah
  10. consumahs
  11. consumate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consumable (page history and authors); उपभोज्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); consumable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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