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INEDIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inedible mean?
• INEDIBLE (adjective)
The adjective INEDIBLE has 1 sense:
1. not suitable for food
Familiarity information: INEDIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not suitable for food
Synonyms:
inedible; uneatable
Similar:
poisonous (not safe to eat)
Also:
indigestible (digested with difficulty)
unpalatable (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind)
tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)
Antonym:
edible (suitable for use as food)
Context examples
Here was no meat, nothing but a threatening and inedible silence.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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