eatable
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eat·a·ble
(ē′tə-bəl)adj.
Fit to be eaten; edible: an eatable meal.
n.
1. Something fit to be eaten.
2. eatables Food.
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eatable
(ˈiːtəbəl)adj
fit or suitable for eating; edible
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eat•a•ble
(ˈi tə bəl)adj.
1. edible.
n. 2. Usu., eatables. articles of food.
[1475–85]
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Noun | 1. | eatable - any substance that can be used as food tuck - eatables (especially sweets) |
Adj. | 1. | eatable - suitable for use as food digestible - capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal palatable, toothsome - acceptable to the taste or mind; "palatable food"; "a palatable solution to the problem" tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" |
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eatable
adjectiveFit to be eaten:
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Translations
أطْعِمَه، مأْكولاتصالِح لِلأْكل
madvarerspiselig
ennivaló
æturmatvæli
yenebiliryiyecek
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eat
(iːt) – past tense ate (et eit; (American) eit) : past participle ˈeaten – verb to (chew and) swallow; to take food. They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.
ˈeatable (negative uneatable) adjective fit to be eaten. The meal was scarcely eatable.
noun (in plural) food. Cover all eatables to keep mice away.
eat into to destroy or waste gradually. Acid eats into metal; The school fees have eaten into our savings.
eat one's words to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something. I'll make him eat his words!
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