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comestible

 
Dictionary: co·mes·ti·ble   (kə-mĕs'tə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Fit to be eaten; edible.

n.
Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.

[French, from Old French, from Late Latin comēstibilis, from Latin comēstus, alteration (influenced by pōtus, drunk) of comēsus, past participle of comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + edere, to eat.]


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adjective

    Fit to be eaten: eatable, edible, esculent. See ingestion.

noun

    Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Edible.

pronunciation The burnt pizza was not comestible.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any substance that can be used as food
  Synonyms: edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals


The adjective comestible has one meaning:

Meaning #1: suitable for use as food
  Synonyms: edible, eatable


Translations: Comestibles
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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - madvarer, tilberedte kødvarer

Français (French)
n. pl. - comestibles (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Nahrungsmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - τρόφιμα

Italiano (Italian)
commestibili

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - comestíveis (m pl)

Русский (Russian)
еда, продукты

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - comestibles

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - matvaror

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
食物, 食品

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 食物, 食品

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 식료품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 食料品

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮דברי מאכל, אכיל‬


 
 
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