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Toastable vs Tastable - What's the difference?

toastable | tastable |

As adjectives the difference between toastable and tastable

is that toastable is suitable for toasting while tastable is that can be tasted, that can be detected by one's sense of taste.

toastable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suitable for toasting.
  • * 1927 , Mabel Osgood Wright, Captains of the watch of life and death
    • there is neither toastable bread nor bacon in the house!
  • * 1942 , Patent and trade mark review: Volumes 41-42
  • * 1955 , Canadian Churchman: Volume 82
    • Wholesome treats indeed — as are Weston's fresh, toastable bread, fluffy cakes and other products.
  • * 1985 , A. Carman Clark, From the orange mailbox
    • Kids raced and shrieked, toasted anything toastable on sticks, and upset the clean-up by showering each other with dry leaves.

    tastable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tasteable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That can be tasted, that can be detected by one's sense of taste.

    • References

    * 2007', Günter Radden, René Dirven, ''Cognitive English grammar'', page 284: "Conversion predicates of perception tend to be coded as adjectives: ''visible'', ''audible'', ''palpable'' and ''tangible'', but English lacks adjectives such as ''*smellable'' and '''''*tastable for something that can be smelled or tasted."

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