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Webster 1913 Edition


Consumable

Con-sum′a-ble

(kŏn-sūm′ȧ-b’l)
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Adj.
Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent.
“Consumable commodities.”
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Consumable

CONSUMABLE

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Adj.
[See Consume.] That may be consumed; possible to be destroyed, dissipated, wasted or spent; as, asbestos is not consumable by fire.
The importation and exportation of consumable commodities.