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pourable

pourable

1 3.1
Liquid enough to flow from a cup or bottle
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɔːrəbəl/
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  • The sauce should be pourable so that it can easily drizzle over the pasta.
  • pourable consistency
  • pourable sauce
  • thick but pourable

Examples

  • The smoothie was thick but still pourable, making it perfect for filling glasses.

  • Or, by heating, it can be converted into a pourable fluid.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Both are thinned to a soupy, pourable consistency and served either alongside or drizzled atop the chaats.

    Blog text (12)

  • To achieve a pourable consistency, you may need to add some broth to the mixture.

Synonyms

flowable
vspourable
4.7

Can move and spread easily like a thin liquid

emphasizes being easily poured due to suitable thickness or liquidity

Antonyms

solid
325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Pourable

pourable
1 3.1
runny
34 1.0
viscous
11 6.1
solid
325 1.0

Surface Forms

pourable positive

Morphology

pourable = pour (transparent) = pour + able

Built from the verb 'pour' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-able', so the meaning 'able to be poured' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word pourable comes from the verb pour ('to make a liquid flow') and the ending -able ('can be done'). So pourable means something 'can be poured' and has a thin enough consistency to flow easily, like a sauce or paint.