Definitions

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  • adjective Able to be poured
  • adjective Liquid, with viscosity allowing to be poured, or solid with particles not strongly adhering to each other or the container.

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Examples

  • Also on some nag lists are Popsicle Shots, tubes of frozen dots in Lemon-Lime and Super Sour Fruit that children can tip directly into their mouths a category of food sometimes referred to as "pourable".

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • I adjusted my familiar seasoning a little and combined their emulsion method with my "hot chickpea" method, except that, since I was not mixing the tahini with oil, I warmed the tahini first to make it more "pourable".

    A NEW, IMPROVED NO-OIL HUMMOUS RECIPE Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

  • I adjusted my familiar seasoning a little and combined their emulsion method with my "hot chickpea" method, except that, since I was not mixing the tahini with oil, I warmed the tahini first to make it more "pourable".

    Archive 2008-11-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

  • If this were the only context, we might mistake this word to refer to libational offerings, however we can clearly see that Alcestis is not a "pourable" kind of gal.

    Etruscan fler, flere and fleres 2007

  • Adjust the seasoning by adding more soy, lime or chilli to taste, then add water until it is a "pourable" consistency.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • You can give a bottle on its own, or expand the gift with a set of double old-fashioned glasses or an ice bucket—not quite pourable, but part of the process.

    In the Mood for Stuff You Can Burn, Eat or Read Rita Konig 2011

  • Stir over medium-low heat until creamy but still very pourable.

    The Lo-Down Lo Bosworth 2011

  • Stir over medium-low heat until creamy but still very pourable.

    The Lo-Down Lo Bosworth 2011

  • This year, I am expanding the pourable idea—usually reserved for those compulsory presents for people you don't know so well—to make sure everything I give satisfies the senses in some way.

    In the Mood for Stuff You Can Burn, Eat or Read Rita Konig 2011

  • I have always maintained that when you don't know what to give someone, stick with things that are readable, edible, burnable or pourable.

    In the Mood for Stuff You Can Burn, Eat or Read Rita Konig 2011

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