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Definition of Edible
1. Adjective. Suitable for use as food.
Similar to: Killable, Non-poisonous, Nonpoisonous, Nontoxic, Pareve, Parve
Also: Digestible, Palatable, Toothsome, Tender
Derivative terms: Comestible, Edibility, Edibleness
Antonyms: Inedible
2. Noun. Any substance that can be used as food.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Specialized synonyms: Tuck
Derivative terms: Comestible, Victual, Victual, Victual
Definition of Edible
1. a. Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
Definition of Edible
1. Adjective. That can be eaten without harm; non-toxic to humans; suitable for consumption. ¹
2. Adjective. That can be eaten without disgust. ¹
3. Noun. Anything edible. ¹
4. Noun. (context: marijuana) a foodstuff infused with THC usually cannabutter baked good ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Edible
1. something fit to be eaten [n -S]
Medical Definition of Edible
1.
Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
Anything edible. Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest.
2.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edible
Literary usage of Edible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"In commerce "edible oil," or "table oil," no longer denotes any one oil, unless
it be specifically sold as such. It frequently represents a " blend" of ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"It develops under the bark long black cords of mycelium. The plant is edible.
Pleurotus contains several edible species: the oyster agaric, P. ostreatus ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"We know that certain species are edible, and others are poisonous, because people
have eaten the former and found them to be good, while the latter have ..."
4. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"76 The proportions of water and dry substance in the edible portion are ...
Literally all of the soft and edible parts were carefully removed from the ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"OF fleshes, some are edible; some, except it be in famine, not. For those that
are not edible, the cause is, for that they have commonly too much bitterness ..."
6. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1910)
"To obtain the item called "value of edible meat," the value of the waste fat from
any pound of meat as purchased from the butcher is allowed for in deducing ..."