Used in a Sentence

consumable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for consumable.

Editorial note

Anecdote: I have found that quality scales much further with price when the consumable is raw fish.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A material or product that is produced for consumption.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of consumable gathered in one view.

noun

A material or product that is produced for consumption.

adjective

That is consumed or depleted upon use.

adjective

That may be eaten.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for consumable.

noun

A material or product that is produced for consumption.

adjective

That is consumed or depleted upon use.

adjective

That may be eaten.

Example sentences

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Anecdote: I have found that quality scales much further with price when the consumable is raw fish.

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The hardest part was distilling all the text down to a point that was easily consumable.

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Soy sauce is the most processed outcome of this trail, a necessary thing to make inedible soy beans human consumable.

4

But instead they need someone like facebook to save them from themselves in order to make their content consumable again.

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Games have shorter lifespans because they are consumable: you play them and throw them away.

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This is a nicely consumable lightweight summary of how the node event loop works.

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Using event sourcing makes it very easy to take this distributed data and store it in a consumable way for reporting, etc.

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The client base of most all custom or upgraded or modified consumable tools/vehicles/electronics/etc.

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It's much harder for stuff like music or NYT articles, where the consumable chunks of content are small and teasers don't make much sense.

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Lambda functions are amazing but restricted because they weren't easily consumable externally.

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Nobody ever bothers to think of surfacing the API in machine-consumable way.

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How would one go about trading consumable items via the blockchain?

Quote examples

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There are perhaps 100 places in our facility that a '"consumable X needs a refill/attention".

2

I was somehow disparate because it was ridiculous to take the charger as a consumable that needs to be replaced every year, so I started to do some research and I found that I could just use a larger charger (from the 15" model).

Proper noun examples

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Consumable content aside, I absolutely love the format of the tutorial.

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Consumable via FriendFeed, Twitter, RSS and Atom.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use consumable in a sentence?

Anecdote: I have found that quality scales much further with price when the consumable is raw fish.

What does consumable mean?

A material or product that is produced for consumption.

What part of speech is consumable?

consumable is commonly used as noun, adjective.