Meaning of EDIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'edubul
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- [n] any substance that can be used as food
- [adj] suitable for use as food
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| | Synonyms: | | comestible, comestible, eatable, eatable, killable, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, pabulum, victual, victuals |
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| | Antonyms: | | inedible, uneatable | | |
| | See Also: | | digestible, food, nutrient, palatable, tender, tuck | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See
{Eat}.]
Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible
fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.
{Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2.
{Edible crab} (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food,
esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See
{Crab}.
{Edible frog} (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog ({Rana
esculenta}), used as food.
{Edible snail} (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp.
{Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.
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| | Related Terms: | | board, bread, bread and butter, cheer, comestible, comestibles, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, dainty, delicious, digestible, eatable, eatables, edibles, esculent, fare, fast food, feast, food, food and drink, foodstuff, good to eat, gustable, health food, ingesta, junk food, kitchen stuff, kosher, meat, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, provender, provision, savory, spread, succulent, sustenance, table, tasty, toothsome, tucker, viands, victuals, vittles, wholesome |
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