"swallowable" meaning in English

See swallowable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more swallowable [comparative], most swallowable [superlative]
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  1. Capable of being swallowed (physically).
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  2. (of a pill etc) Relatively easy to swallow. Coordinate_terms: chewable
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  3. (by extension, of legislation) Able to be accepted by the electorate. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-swallowable-en-adj-VT41q9m7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 20 2 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hard pill to swallow, edible, ingestible, nontoxic, potable
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