eatable

(ē'tə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to be eaten; edible: an eatable meal.

n.

1. Something fit to be eaten.
2. eatables Food.

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Eatable means 'fit to be eaten' and is normally applied to food, whereas edible means 'suitable for eating' and is often contrasted with what is poisonous or harmful (e.g. edible mushrooms / edible snails).

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adjective

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

adj

Definition: able, reasonable to consume
Antonyms: inedible, undelicious, uneatable, unpalatable, unwholesome

See words rhyming with "eatable."