digestible
/di'dʤestəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being digested: Describes food or information that can be broken down and absorbed by the body or mind without difficulty.
- Easily understood or accepted: Refers to content, ideas, or data that are presented in a clear, simple, and manageable way.
Usage
- Use "digestible" to describe food that is easy for the stomach to process.
- Use "digestible" figuratively to describe complex information that has been simplified for easier understanding.
Examples
- Literal (Food):
- Steamed vegetables are more digestible than fried ones.
- The doctor recommended a diet of bland, easily digestible foods.
- Figurative (Information):
- The professor presented the complex theory in small, digestible chunks.
- This book breaks down the legal process into digestible sections.
Advanced Usage
- "Easily digestible": A common collocation emphasizing that something is very easy to process or understand.
- The report was full of easily digestible infographics.
- "Readily digestible": Suggests something is quickly and effortlessly absorbed or comprehended.
- The software provides data in a readily digestible format.
Variants and Related Words
- Digestibility (n): The quality of being digestible.
- The digestibility of this protein source is very high.
- Indigestible (adj): The opposite; not able to be digested or understood.
- The meal was heavy and indigestible.
Synonyms
- Assimilable: Capable of being absorbed and integrated.
- Palatable: Acceptable to the mind or taste; often used figuratively like "digestible".
- Comprehensible: Able to be understood.
Antonyms
- Indigestible: Not easily digested or understood.
- Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
Adjective
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capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
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