dunkable

English

Etymology

From dunk +‎ -able.

Adjective

dunkable (comparative more dunkable, superlative most dunkable)

1. (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
   • 2006, Maida Heatter, Toni Evins, Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts:

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

   • 2007, Shauna James Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl:

     They're milk-dunkable and sophisticated at the same time. I dare you to eat just one.

2. (informal) Waterproof.
   • 1961, Jeanne Harman, The Virgins: Magic Islands:

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

   • 1993, Lakeland Boating:

     Such cases let you use your dry-land SLR underwater, but cost enough that an inexpensive "dunkable" camera seems the choice except for perfectionists!

Noun

dunkable (plural dunkables)

1. Any food item suitable for dunking.
   • 1984, Arthur Frommer, Darwin Porter, Frommer's Dollarwise Guide to Switzerland & Liechtenstein, page 22:

     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.

Anagrams

• Klabunde, baulk end, unbalked