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Edible

Edible Meaning & Definition
Edible Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Edible?

[n] any substance that can be used as food
[adj] suitable for use as food

Synonyms | Synonyms for Edible: comestible | comestible | eatable | eatable | killable | nonpoisonous | nontoxic | pabulum | victual | victuals

Related Terms | Find terms related to Edible: board | bread | bread and butter | cheer | comestible | comestibles | creature comfort | cuisine | daily bread | dainty | delicious | digestible | eatable | eatables | edibles | esculent | fare | fast food | feast | food | food and drink | foodstuff | good to eat | gustable | health food | ingesta | junk food | kitchen stuff | kosher | meat | nourishing | nutritious | nutritive | palatable | provender | provision | savory | spread | succulent | sustenance | table | tasty | toothsome | tucker | viands | victuals | vittles | wholesome

See Also | digestible | food | nutrient | palatable | tender | tuck

Edible In Webster's Dictionary

\Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See {Eat}.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2. {Edible crab} (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See {Crab}. {Edible frog} (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog ({Rana esculenta}), used as food. {Edible snail} (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp. {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.

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