adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
water
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There is no potable water , except what you carry with you, and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity.
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Bread, it would appear, is an indispensable foodstuff, as necessary to life as potable water .
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But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply.
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Reconstituted and recombined milk and milk products are those that result from the recombining of milk constituents with potable water .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bread, it would appear, is an indispensable foodstuff, as necessary to life as potable water.
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But sewage systems are not the only non-potable water systems cross-connected to the potable water supply.
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Reconstituted and recombined milk and milk products are those that result from the recombining of milk constituents with potable water.
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The fact that a water is potable does not, however, necessarily make it suitable for textile purposes.
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There is no potable water, except what you carry with you, and the equatorial sun beats down with fierce intensity.
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This provides for a supply of very good quality water to the main river, which itself is used as potable supply.