Eatable

Quick meaning: Eatable is an adjective meaning Able to be eaten; edible.

Meaning

Able to be eaten; edible.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly in the plural) Anything edible; food.

Example Sentences

Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill.

The Excise which is laid very high throughout all Sicily, especially upon all eatables and wearing apparel is usually there […]

Ecod, your worship, I never have courage till I see the eatables and drinkables brought upo’ the table, and then I’m as bauld as a lion.

The contents of the pan began to boil, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable;

Word Forms

• eatables

Synonyms for eatable

Depending on context, synonyms include comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals, nontoxic.

Antonyms for eatable

Common opposites include uneatable, inedible.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include edible, comestible, pabulum, victual, killable, nontoxic.

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