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mouthable

mouthable adjective: that may be taken into the mouth, especially in terms of objects in a house that an infant may suck on and which must therefore be free from toxic substances such as lead.

Adjective

mouthable (not comparable)

  1. That may be taken into the mouth, especially in terms of objects in a house that an infant may suck on and which must therefore be free from toxic substances such as lead.
  2. (informal) Fine-sounding, of spoken words.
    • […] while our poetry rollicked in mouthable lines that, like the face of Helen 'launched a thousand ships […]1950, Richard Church, Poems for speaking: an anthology with an essay on reading aloud
    • […] probably the most mouthable of the self-mocking wisecracks […]1975, The Listener, volume 94, page 281

Origin of mouthable

From mouth + -able.

Words formed from mouthable

Questions about mouthable

What does mouthable mean?
Mouthable means that may be taken into the mouth, especially in terms of objects in a house that an infant may suck on and which must therefore be free from toxic substances such as lead.
What part of speech is mouthable?
Mouthable is an adjective.

Words near mouthable in the dictionary

  1. mouth-to-mouth
  2. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
  3. mouth-to-mouth resuscitations
  4. mouth-watering
  5. mouth-wateringly
  6. mouthable
  7. mouthblown
  8. mouthbow
  9. mouthbows
  10. mouthbreathe
  11. mouthbreather

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