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reheatable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English reheat Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reheatable From reheat + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Suitable for reheating.

reheatable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English reheat Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reheatable From reheat + -able.

Meanings

1. Any food item that is suitable for reheating.
   • Tripe and innards are the most popular of the reheatables – mostly because butchers' leftovers are always plentiful in a ship-victualling port, where prodigious amounts of meat were salted down for the transatlantic trade. 2017, Elisabeth Luard, Squirrel Pie, page 241:

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