Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Fit to be eaten, especially by humans: edible roots; an edible mushroom.
- n. Something fit to be eaten; food: edibles such as vegetables and meat.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Eatable; fit to be eaten as food; esculent: specifically applied to objects which are habitually eaten by man, or specially fit to be eaten, among similar things not fit for eating: as, edible birds'-nests; edible crabs; edible sea-urchins.
- n. Anything that may be eaten for food; an article of food; an eatable; a constituent of a meal: generally in the plural: as, bring forward the edibles.
Wiktionary
- adj. That can be eaten without harm; non-toxic to humans; suitable for consumption.
- adj. That can be eaten without disgust.
- n. Anything edible.
- n. a foodstuff infused with THC usually cannabutter baked good
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. suitable for use as food
- n. any substance that can be used as food
Etymologies
- From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere ("to eat"). (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“And carbohydrate is the primary ingredient in the majority of what I call edible products which are highly profitable for a whole array of reasons.”
The low-carb movement needs your help | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
“While the company still churns out its classic product, in child-friendly flavors like Bubble Gum, S'mores and Cookies 'n Cream, it has also introduced what it calls an "edible" espresso that can be spooned up like a snack, blended with milk for a shake or melted in a mug in the microwave for a fast cup of coffee.”
“They just need some Twilight cereal, apple shaped and flavored and covered in edible glitter, Twilight tooth paste that would make your teeth not just white but “razor sharp” etc …”
“Making our way along the banks of the stream, our asparagus stash growing, we stopped to study the wild flowers: indigo blue muscari* (Marie Françoise tells me she used to dye her doll's clothes with the boiled flowers), mustard yellow "genêt" * (also good for dye and used in edible flower salads), and "fumeterre".”
“Humans are hard wired to avoid eating things that are colored hues that do not naturally occur in edible substances.”
“Crushing its seeds provides oil which, besides being edible, is used for making soap; the residue from oil extraction makes nutritious seed cake for cattle.”
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort
“I also bought a bag of a Chinese candy called White Rabbit (pictured further below), which is kind of like a subtly sweet vanilla Tootsie Roll wrapped in edible rice paper.”
“The Caesar and Greek salads were served in edible cups made of Parmesan cheese.”
Memo to D.C. Hostesses: Keep It Healthy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“David -- Yep, anything edible is a prime candidate for the deep-fat fryer in Texas.”
The imperfect (but still scrumptious) scoop | Homesick Texan
“Anything that she has to mix with other ingredients to make into something edible is not a gift.”
Where’s the Guide to Chocoholic-Proofing Your Marriage? | Her Bad Mother
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘edible’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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bad memory
copper, anvil, oblique, thrust, shrine, welfare, farewell, bitter, faction, sectarian, tangible, spectacle and 134 more...
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the indelible ink of personality
nefarious, mischievious, bawdy, intense, blunt, steadfast, succulent, edible, nature, creature, truth, touch and 28 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Vocab_TC60Q_txtbook
most vocab in the textbook Page till end chapter 2.
forfeited, nullifying, avowed, libelous, sapped, fascistic, outclassed, revolting, ecumenical, looming, fretful, penitent and 86 more...
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Of -ibles, not -ables
Tricksy buggers! I've not included those where neither is favorable.
accessible, admissible, alible, apprehensible, audible, coercible, cognoscible, collapsible, collectible, combustible, comestible, compactible and 103 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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1stDay
lucid, tenacious, adhesive, cling, reconcile, scenic, picturesque, inundate, gastrointestinal, diarrhea, heredity, alimentary canal and 89 more...
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Aequoria's list
affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
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-bles
fine find endings
able, amble, bable, cable, cible, coble, dable, fable, gable, gible, tible, table and 241 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, E
excoriate, exoskeleton, enclave, endemic, erstwhile, entwine, elliptical, élan, earflaps, earlobe, earthen, earthenware and 238 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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-ibility, -ible, -ibly
capable of
Tweets
Looking for tweets for edible.
vanishedone It can be a noun - the O.E.D. has examples from 1611 to 1884 - but n. above adj., WeirdNet? May 3, 2009