eatable
1eatable — eatable, edible Eatable means ‘fit to be eaten’ and is normally applied to food, whereas edible means ‘suitable for eating’ and is often contrasted with what is poisonous or harmful (e.g. edible mushrooms / edible snails) …
2Eatable — Eat a*ble ([=e]t [.a]*b l), a. Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. n. Something fit to be eaten. [1913 Webster] …
3eatable — index palatable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4eatable — late 15c., from EAT (Cf. eat) + ABLE (Cf. able) …
5eatable — [adj] able to be consumed appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish*, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, fit, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent,… …
6eatable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ fit to be consumed as food. ► NOUN (eatables) ▪ items of food …
7eatable — [ēt′ə bəl] adj. fit to be eaten; edible n. a thing fit to be eaten; food usually used in pl …
8eatable — 1. adjective Able to be eaten; edible. Especially, not very high quality. 1847: I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable; , Syn: comestible, edible 2. noun …
9eatable — See eatable, edible …
10eatable, edible — These words, both in standard usage, have a shared meaning of not poisonous or harmful, fit to be eaten : This food does not look appetizing, but it is eatable (or edible). Edible is more formal and somewhat more refined than eatable, a word… …