assimilable

Examples

• All

• The vitamins in this supplement are easily assimilable by the body.

• Making that more easily assimilable is not my department.

  Blog text (28)

• The government's primary aim was to bolster the white population, and all immigrants had, by definition, to be assimilable by that population.

  Academic text (2002)

• The southern and eastern Europeans might arrive at the nation's ports as poor and "uncouth," but they were assimilable, he explained.

  Academic text (2002)

• From this point of view, the repeal of the anti-Chinese immigration laws marked a turning point in American history, since they codified, for the first time, the idea that Chinese immigrants were "assimilable" into American society, despite the fact that the quota granted to them was at first only symbolic.

  Academic text (2000)

• Some nutrients are more assimilable than others, making diet important.

Synonyms

D

digestible

vsassimilable

2 3.2

Able to be broken down and taken into the body

is absorbed and then incorporated into body tissues

B

bioavailable

vsassimilable

• Specialized

1 6.7

Able to be taken in and used by the body

is absorbed and incorporated into body tissues rather than only available for use

A

absorbable

vsassimilable

1 4.6

Able to go into a material through its surface, for example skin or fabric

is taken up and incorporated into body tissues, not just passing surface layers

M

metabolizable

vsassimilable

• Specialized

6.1

Something a living thing can break down and use for energy

is absorbed and incorporated into tissues rather than only metabolized

How Assimilable

bioavailable

• Specialized

1 6.7

assimilable

• Specialized

1 8.1

digestible

2 3.2

indigestible

2 6.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology