About The Word Edible
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Edible
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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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