Dunkable

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any food item suitable for dunking.

    "Other dunkables besides bread cubes are chunks of apples and pears, grapes, cocktail wieners, cubes of boiled ham, shrimp, pitted olives, and tiny boiled potatoes."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suitable for dunking (as of food). informal

    "Just remember to keep the mixture thick; it should coat the dunkable items heavily."

  2. 2
    Waterproof. informal

    "The row upon row of half-inch, hand-plaited straw, handsewn, is eminently dunkable, a feature not only useful to the seafaring inventors..."

Example

More examples

"Just remember to keep the mixture thick; it should coat the dunkable items heavily."

Etymology

From dunk + -able.

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