EDIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edible mean? 

• EDIBLE (noun)
  The noun EDIBLE has 1 sense:

1. any substance that can be used as food

  Familiarity information: EDIBLE used as a noun is very rare.

• EDIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective EDIBLE has 1 sense:

1. suitable for use as food

  Familiarity information: EDIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDIBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that can be used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals

Hypernyms ("edible" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edible"):

tuck (eatables (especially sweets))

• EDIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suitable for use as food

Synonyms:

comestible; eatable; edible

Similar:

killable (fit to kill, especially for food)

non-poisonous; nonpoisonous; nontoxic (safe to eat)

pareve; parve (containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism)

Also:

digestible (capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal)

palatable; toothsome (acceptable to the taste or mind)

tender (easy to cut or chew)

Antonym:

inedible (not suitable for food)

Derivation:

edibility; edibleness (the property of being fit to eat)

 Context examples 

The edible oil extracted from the pulp of the oil palm fruit.

(Palm Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The little girls had a private tea party, and Ted roved among the edibles at his own sweet will.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They must control the disease without injuring the plant and must leave no poisonous residue on edible crops.

(Fungicide, NCI Thesaurus)

This group includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutical excipients, research/diagnostic agents, agricultural agents, and other non-edible products that may have human health implication.

(Industrial Aid, NCI Thesaurus)

Meadowfoam seed oil is an edible oil with uses in hair and skincare products and industrial applications.

(Meadowfoam Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

An extract of the edible mushroom Maitaki, Grifola frondosa, rich in glucan polysaccharides, with potential immunostimulating activity.

(Maitake Mushroom Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

The edible oil extracted from the kernels of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis.

(Palm Kernel Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The edible oil extracted from the seeds of Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium herbaceum.

(Cottonseed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The edible oil extracted from peanuts.

(Peanut Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Many poisonous mushrooms closely resemble edible wild mushrooms.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)