consumable
pronunciation
                                            
                                                
                                                How to pronounce consumable in British English:
                                                
                                                UK [kənˈsju:məbl]
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                            
                                                
                                                How to pronounce consumable in American English:
                                                
                                                US [kənˈsuməbl]
                                                
                                                
                                        
                                        
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- Adjective:
 - may be used up
 
 
Word Origin
- consumable (adj.)
 - 1640s, from consume + -able.
 
Example
- 1. Previously , homes were seen as consumable goods with a typical lifespan of 30 years , compared with 55 years in the us and 77 years in britain .
 
- 2. This case elaborates a fast consumable manufacturing firm facing the brain-drain question in the management process .
 
- 3. Abstract : currently , the retailing market of china has increasingly concerned by overseas retailers and consumable companies .
 
- 4. The paper analyses public psychology in chinese consumable market since 1998 , and , starting with macroscopical measures , the subsequent policy tropism is presented .
 
- 5. Author regarded fast consumable channels construction as a dynamic management process at the very beginning and gave dynamic research & solution to the problems that possibly appear in various stages .