Edible

a.

1.

Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Edible bird's nest See Bird's nest, 2. Edible crab (Zool.) any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. Edible frog (Zool.) the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. Edible snail (Zool.) any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.

Noun	1.	edible - any substance that can be used as food Synonyms: comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals
Adj.	1.	edible - suitable for use as food Synonyms: comestible, eatable Antonyms: inedible, uneatable - not suitable for food

board, bread, bread and butter, cheer, comestible, comestibles, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, dainty, delicious, digestible, eatable, eatables, edibles, esculent, fare, fast food, feast, food, food and drink, foodstuff, good to eat, gustable, health food, ingesta, junk food, kitchen stuff, kosher, meat, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, provender, provision, savory, spread, succulent, sustenance, table, tasty, toothsome, tucker, viands, victuals, vittles, wholesome

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