ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mouthable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Mouthable is an adjective meaning (informal) Fine-sounding, of spoken words.

Meaning

(informal) Fine-sounding, of spoken words.

More Meanings

  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.

Example Sentences

[…] probably the most mouthable of the self-mocking wisecracks […]
[…] while our poetry rollicked in mouthable lines that, like the face of Helen 'launched a thousand ships […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include masticable, chewable, swallowable, manducable, ingestible, consumable.

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