Words / B2

dy-JEST-iv/daɪˈdʒestɪv/

Digestive means connected with digesting food; also a type of plain British biscuit: the digestive system; a digestive biscuit. Digestion is the process; alimentary is a close biology twin. Label the digestive system on the diagram. Mix-up: digestive vs suggestive; digest as a verb or a summary; do not write digestive for a biscuit slogan unless the source is food science or a shopping list in the extract.

Meaning

Connected with digesting food; also a type of plain biscuit in British English.

Examples

• “Label the digestive system on the diagram, not a biscuit slogan unless the source is food science.”
• “Digestive enzymes featured in the practical, which is the chemistry-of-digestion sense — still name the substrate.”

Good to know

the digestive system / tract / enzymes; a digestive biscuit (UK). Process: digestion. Trap: digest (summary) / suggestive. Biology and food. Of digestion, or a plain biscuit — specify.

Near in meaning

alimentary, gastric, biscuit

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