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EATABLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that can be used as food

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("eatable" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eatable"):

tuck (eatables (especially sweets))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suitable for use as food

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

killable (fit to kill, especially for food)

non-poisonous; nonpoisonous; 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)

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)

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