bitable

1 5.8

Food soft enough to bite with your teeth

adjective

: mordible

The tender steak was perfectly cooked and bitable for the guests.

Examples

She chose a bitable snack to enjoy during the movie.
He's as bitable as...

Luther (2003)
The juicy fruit was so bitable that everyone wanted a piece.

Synonyms

chewable

vsbitable

5 1.4

Easy to eat by biting with the teeth

is for quick teeth use rather than for slow grinding

biteable

vsbitable

1 4.0

Safe to put in the mouth and chew

is general suitability for use by the teeth, not always specifying safety

How Biteable

tender

56 1.0

bitable

1 5.8

tough

14 1.7

hard

631 1.0

inedible

11 4.5

Surface Forms

bitable positive

Morphology

bitable = bite (transparent) = bite + able

Clear combination of the verb 'bite' and the productive suffix '-able' giving the meaning 'able to be bitten'.

Etymology

Bitable comes from the simple word bite plus the ending -able, which means 'able to be'. So, something bitable is literally 'able to be bitten' — for example, a soft fruit or tender steak that you can bite easily.