eatable

¹eat·able

adj \ˈē-tə-bəl\

Definition of EATABLE

: fit or able to be eaten

Examples of EATABLE

1. <a survival course in which you learn which wild plants are eatable>

First Known Use of EATABLE

14th century

Related to EATABLE

Synonyms: comestible, edible, eating, esculent

Antonyms: inedible, nonedible, uneatable

Related Words: absorbable, chewable, digestible, ingestible, swallowable; nourishing, nutritious, nutritive; appetizing, delicious, flavorful, palatable, savory (also savoury), succulent, tasty, toothsome, toothy

Near Antonyms: indigestible, nondigestible, nonnutritious, undigestible

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Rhymes with EATABLE

beatable, heatable, treatable