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eatable

/ˈiːtəbəl/

eatable adjective: able to be eaten; edible.

Adjective

eatable (comparative more eatable, superlative most eatable)

  1. Able to be eaten; edible.
    • The contents of the pan began to boil, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable;1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
    • When the seeds are larger, softer, and more eatable, they are protected by an excessively hard and stony covering, as in the plum and peach tribe ; or they are enclosed in a tough horny core, as with crabs and apples.1891, Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural selection and tropical nature, page 399

Noun

eatable (plural eatables)

  1. (in plural) Anything edible; food.
    • The Excise which is laid very high throughout all Sicily, especially upon all eatables and wearing apparel is usually there […]1675, E. W., An Exact Relation of All the Late Revolutions in Messina, London, page 2
    • Ecod, your worship, I never have courage till I see the eatables and drinkables brought upo’ the table, and then I’m as bauld as a lion.1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, London: F. Newbery, act II, page 18

eatable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

eatable in Tamil

உண்ணக்கூடிய

eatable in Bengali

ভোজ্য

eatable in Telugu

an eatable
భక్ష్యము bhakṣyamu

eatable in Malayalam

ഭുജിക്കത്തക്ക, ഭക്ഷിക്കാവുന്ന, ഭോജ്യമായ
More languagesFewer languages
eatable in Kannada
ಖಾದ್ಯ khādya
eatable in Sanskrit
खाद्य khādya, अत्तव्य attávya

Examples of eatable in a sentence

  • Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill.1911, “Baboon”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
  • I stood eyeing these eatables a while, but since I didn't have anything to buy with I turned away from them and continued my tramp.1890, Knut Hamsen, Sult (Hunger), Part One, at p.45 (Canongate Books Ltd. 2016 paperback edition), Sverre Lyngstad translation
  • The presence of a large number of people ensured that vendors selling eatables made brisk business.2011 January 8, “For kids’ sake, a long, cold wake”, in Deccan Herald:

Synonyms of eatable

Antonyms

Forms of eatable

Adjective
comparativemore eatable
superlativemost eatable
Noun
pluraleatables

Origin of eatable

From eat + -able (“able, capable”). Doublet of edible.

Words formed from eatable

Questions about eatable

What does eatable mean?
Eatable means able to be eaten; edible.
What is eatable in Tamil?
Eatable in Tamil is உண்ணக்கூடிய. See Eatable meaning in Tamil.
How do you use eatable in a sentence?
Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill.
What part of speech is eatable?
Eatable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce eatable?
Eatable is pronounced /ˈiːtəbəl/.

Words near eatable in the dictionary

  1. eat-all-you-can
  2. eat-in
  3. eat-out
  4. eat-outs
  5. eatability
  6. eatable
  7. eatableness
  8. eatables
  9. eatage
  10. eatages
  11. Eatanswill

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eatable (page history and authors); eatable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eatable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); భక్ష్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); eatable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಖಾದ್ಯ (Kannada) (page history and authors); अत्तव्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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