edible Definition
ed·ible (ed′ə bəl)
noun
anything fit to be eaten; food: usually used in pl.
edible Related Forms
ed′·ibil′·ity (-bil′ə tē) noun or ed′·ible·ness
edible Synonyms
edible
modif.
Antonyms
edible Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Anyone who thinks doing an experiment in a kitchen makes the result edible should not do these experiments.
- produce: Given the smell, it's shocking that this place was producing anything edible at all.
- eat: They eat anything edible including rats, mice and, rabbits.
Modifies a noun
- crawlies: These exceedingly slurpable lollies have genuine edible creepy crawlies embedded within their candy confines.
- crab: Some believe that spider crab inhibit edible crab from entering the pots.
- seedcrops: I had always wanted, as much as I was able, to meet the edible seedcrops on their own level.
- fungus: The only thing it doesn't tell you is where the edible fungi are.
- dormouse: Also, edible dormice can make a whistling sounds at short intervals over long periods, which announce their willingness to mate.
- tuber: The plants are sprawling vines with edible underground stem tubers.
Modifying Another Word
- perfectly: The flowers are perfectly edible, they make a pretty garnish anyway.
- almost: I like the way the word sounds almost edible.
- quite: The food was... okay, nothing special and a little pricey, but quite edible, and the views were lovely.
- still: I worked in a grocery store, and I saw plenty of lightly bruised food, still edible, tossed in the trash.
- only: But it's not the only edible that's fallen from flavor.
- not: Tho not edible, they could be good sport, so Oscar poked his scarred nose through a window.
Used with adjective complement
- look: The beads used in the work look almost edible.
- have: Plants for the Future A resource center for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses.
- consider: Sea fish are seldom returned alive to the water as most are considered edible.
- become: The mushrooms that were edible become poisonous and those that were poisonous become edible.
- stay: This the reason why bottled, canned and vacuum-packed foods stay edible for such a long time.
Browse dictionary entries near edible
- ‹ EDI
- ‹ edh
- ‹ edgy
- ‹ edging
- ‹ Edgeworth, Maria
- ‹ Edgeworth
- ‹ edgewise
- ‹ edge tool
- ‹ edge switch
- ‹ edge species

