| ADJECTIVE | all | edible, comestible, eatable | suitable for use as food |
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| NOUN | food | edible, comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals | any substance that can be used as food |
| Sounds | eh'dahbahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Suitable for use as food. | |
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| Synonyms | comestible, eatable | |
| Narrower | killable | fit to kill, especially for food |
| nonpoisonous, non-poisonous, 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 | |
| See 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 | |
| Opposite | inedible, uneatable | not suitable for food |
| Spanish | comestible | |
| Catalan | comestible | |
| Nouns | edibility, edibleness | the property of being fit to eat |
| Meaning | Any substance that can be used as food. | |
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| Synonyms | comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals | |
| Narrower | tuck | eatables (especially sweets / sweets) |
| Broader | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
| Spanish | comestible, comestibles, vianda, vitualla, vituallas, víveres | |
| Catalan | comestible, comestibles, queviures, vianda, vitualles | |
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