EDIBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does edible mean?
• EDIBLE (noun)
The noun EDIBLE has 1 sense:
1. any substance that can be used as food
Familiarity information: EDIBLE used as a noun is very rare.
• EDIBLE (adjective)
The adjective EDIBLE has 1 sense:
1. suitable for use as food
Familiarity information: EDIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EDIBLE (noun)
Meaning:
Any substance that can be used as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals
Hypernyms ("edible" 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 "edible"):
tuck (eatables (especially sweets))
• EDIBLE (adjective)
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)
Antonym:
inedible (not suitable for food)
