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palatable

/ˈpælətəbl/adjective

उच्चारण पैलटबल

स्वादिष्ट, खाने योग्य

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adjective
  1. 1

    (of food or drink) having a pleasant or acceptable taste

    स्वादिष्ट, खाने योग्य

    • The hostel food was barely palatable.
    • The bread at the guest house was dry and hardly palatable.
    • Add a little salt and the soup becomes much more palatable.
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    • Medicines for children are often sweetened to make them palatable.
    • The canteen tea was hardly palatable, but we drank it anyway.

    Synonyms tasty appetizing edible delicious savoury

    Opposite unpalatable inedible tasteless disgusting

  2. 2

    ~ (to sb)

    pleasant or acceptable to somebody

    स्वीकार्य, मनभावन

    • Some of the truths in the report were not palatable to the government.
    • The doctor spoke of facts that were not palatable to the family but were necessary.
    • The new tax plan is not palatable to many small shopkeepers.
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    • He explained the bad news in a way that made it more palatable.
    • Honest feedback is rarely palatable, but it helps you improve.

    Synonyms acceptable agreeable satisfactory welcome

    Opposite unpalatable unacceptable disagreeable

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pal·at·able

With one l and -able (not 'pallatable' or 'palatible').

एक l और अंत में -able ('pallatable' या 'palatible' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep apart palate (the roof of the mouth; sense of taste), palette (a painter's board for mixing colours) and pallet (a wooden platform, or a straw bed): a regular homophone trap.

Palate (तालु; स्वाद-बोध), palette (रंग मिलाने की चित्रकार की तख्ती) और pallet (लकड़ी का मंच, या पुआल का बिस्तर) को अलग रखिए: यह नियमित homophone trap है।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

An unpalatable truth.

Collocation 'an unpalatable truth' का मतलब है ऐसा कड़वा सच जिसे स्वीकार करना मुश्किल हो।