Eatable
['iːtəb(ə)l] or ['itəbl]
Definition
(a.) Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.
(n.) Something fit to be eaten.
Typed by Carolyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Esculent, edible.
Editor: Rufus
Examples
- It is an insipid fruit at the best; but a good apricot is eatable, which none from my garden are. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Here are sprats which have been kept for a year; they are dry, but perfectly good and eatable; also some preserved fresh since Jan. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There being nothing eatable within his reach, Oliver replied in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Breakfast-time came at last, and this morning the porridge was not burnt; the quality was eatable, the quantity small. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Weal pie,' said Mr. Weller, soliloquising, as he arranged the eatables on the grass. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Jew motioned to the Dodger to place what eatables there were, upon the table; and, seating himself opposite the housebreaker, waited his leisure. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Pierce