Edible
['edɪb(ə)l] or ['ɛdəbl]
Definition
(a.) Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
(n.) Anything edible.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Eatable, esculent.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Esculent, wholesome, culinary, eatable
ANT:Noxious, poisonous, uneatable, deleterious
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Definition
adj. fit to be eaten.—n. something for food.—ns. Edibil′ity Ed′ibleness fitness for being eaten.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Good to eat and wholesome to digest as a worm to a toad a toad to a snake a snake to a pig a pig to a man and a man to a worm.
Typist: Nora
Examples
- The recovery of the oyster, clam and other edible shell-fish is also a feature of the work which the Lake Company has in view. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The little girls had a private tea party, and Ted roved among the edibles at his own sweet will. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Sidney