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spreadable

spreadable

1 2.5
Easy to put on bread or crackers with a knife
  • adjective
  • /ˈsprɛdəbəl/
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  • Add enough sugar to get a lightly thick consistency that can be spreadable (if needed, add a little milk if frosting is too thick).
  • spreadable cheese
  • spreadable butter
  • spreadable fruit

Because to make a fluffer Nutter, you have to have spreadable marshmallow.

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Examples

  • Put all items in a food processor and process until slightly chunky, spreadable consistency.

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  • Most name-brand peanut butters have hydrogenated oil mixed in to make them spreadable and extra sugar to hook kids.

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  • And the consistency of it really starts to work too when it's that like spreadable mess.

  • Kind of a consistency, just thick enough but spreadable at the same time.

  • I put some in my hand and warm it up, and it becomes spreadable, but was it supposed to be creamier?

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  • Add more water until it is thick like mud and spreadable like a paste.

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  • Butter I've remembered to leave out in the kitchen so it's spreadable.

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  • One producer used its market research to argue that consumers had not asked for a peanut butter standard, but instead indicated they want an ultra-smooth, extremely spreadable, very palatable product.

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  • It not only made the frosting more spreadable, it also added a little bit of soda flavoring to the frosting that made it tastier.

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  • This cream is smooth and spreadable, making it perfect for toast.

How Spreadable

runny
34 1.0
spreadable
1 2.5
creamy
53 1.1
firm
30 1.0
solid
325 1.0

Surface Forms

spreadable positive

Morphology

spreadable = spread (transparent) = spread + able

Formed by the verb 'spread' + productive adjectival suffix '-able', yielding the straightforward meaning 'able to be spread' in a physical sense.

Etymology

Spreadable is built from spread ('to move or open over a surface') and the ending -able ('able to'). So spreadable describes something soft, like butter, cheese, or lotion, that you can easily spread on bread or skin.