edible

Examples

• All

• The ripe fruits have large, high-protein edible nuts as well.

  Blog text (1)

• The salad was decorated with a variety of edibles, including colorful vegetables and herbs.

• So they can select out the edible things in the water.

• Everything else edible was burned or buried.

  Fiction book (1998)

• To do: Learn about wild edible plants, organic gardening, and sustainable living.

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• There are lots of fruit and other edibles that go to waste out there.

  Blog text (13)

• Other edibles that fall into the same category include stews, pasta, and potatoes, among others.

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• After several expeditions to a local nature reserve, Seth compiled a long list of edibles and concluded that the forest was a virtual smorgasbord of nutritious and tasty berries, nuts, leaves, and fungi.

  Academic text (2003)

• During the hike, we packed a selection of edibles to keep our energy up, including trail mix and fruit.

Synonyms

V

victual

vsedible

• Archaic

3 9.9

Food kept to eat later

highlights suitability and safety for eating rather than general nourishment

C

comestible

vsedible

• Archaic

1 8.6

A thing you can eat

stresses whether a substance is safe and suitable to eat

E

eatable

vsedible

1 2.0

A food you can eat

focuses on suitability and safety for consumption

P

pabulum

vsedible

• Specialized

1 9.9

Something that provides food for animals or living cells

refers to everyday suitability and safety to eat rather than technical use

V

victuals

vsedible

• Archaic

9.1

Food and drink kept or prepared to eat

applies to individual safe substances rather than stocked supplies

Antonyms

I

inedible

11 4.5

Not safe to eat because it can make you sick

Compounds

E

edible fruit

1 1.0

A fruit you can safely eat that is usually sweet

E

edible nut

1 2.0

A hard-shelled seed with an edible part inside, like an almond or walnut

E

edible corn

1.0

A type of corn grown to eat, like sweet corn cooked and eaten

E

edible fat

2.4

Oils and other foods from animals or plants that people eat and use for cooking

E

edible lace

6.8

A thin decorative sheet made from food ingredients to decorate cakes and desserts

E

edible mussel

3.5

A small sea animal with a hard shell that people can eat

E

edible sea urchin

6.0

A small sea animal with spikes whose soft parts people eat, like uni

E

edible seed

2.1

A small part of a plant that you can eat and use in cooking

E

edible snail

3.0

A snail that people eat, often in French cooking

E

edible-pod pea

4.4

A type of pea plant that makes soft pods you can eat whole

E

edible-podded pea

4.4

A pea plant with thick soft pods that you can eat

E

edible asparagus

2.5

A plant with young shoots that people cook and eat as a vegetable

E

edible banana

1.0

A type of banana grown for its soft, sweet yellow flesh

E

edible bean

1.0

A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat

E

edible cockle

• UK

3.6

A small shellfish like a clam that people eat

How Edible

delicacy

37 6.3

food

∞ 1.0

edible

5 2.3

inedible

11 4.5

Surface Forms

Etymology