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EATABLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does eatable mean?

• EATABLE (noun)
The noun EATABLE has 1 sense:

1. any substance that can be used as food

Familiarity information: EATABLE used as a noun is very rare.

• EATABLE (adjective)
The adjective EATABLE has 1 sense:

1. suitable for use as food

Familiarity information: EATABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EATABLE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any substance that can be used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals

Hypernyms ("eatable" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eatable"):

tuck (eatables (especially sweets))

• EATABLE (adjective)

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Meaning:

Suitable for use as food

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible

Similar:

killable (fit to kill, especially for food)

non-poisonous; nonpoisonous; nontoxic (safe to eat)

pareve; parve (containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism)

Also:

digestible (capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal)

palatable; toothsome (acceptable to the taste or mind)

tender (easy to cut or chew)

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