biteable

1 4.0

Safe to put in the mouth and chew

adjective
/ˈbaɪtəbl/

: mordible

These snacks are perfectly sized and biteable for small children.

But it does make it very biteable from the get go.

Examples

But it does make it very biteable from the get go.

Good Mythical Morning
The fruit is so ripe and biteable that everyone wants to try it.
The design of the toy makes it safe and biteable for toddlers.

Synonyms

chewable

vsbiteable

5 1.4

Easy to eat by biting with the teeth

refers to being suitable for biting rather than being chewed

bitable

vsbiteable

1 5.8

Food soft enough to bite with your teeth

stresses that biting is safe and will not cause harm

How Safe

biteable

1 4.0

dangerous

∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

biteable positive

biteabler comparative

biteablest superlative

Morphology

biteable = bite (transparent) = bite + able

Standard adjective formation from the verb 'bite' with '-able', meaning 'capable of being bitten', which a B1 learner can derive.

Etymology

The word biteable comes from the common verb bite meaning 'to use your teeth' and the ending -able meaning 'can be', like in drinkable or washable. So, biteable means something 'can be bitten' or is safe and suitable to bite.