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eatable

[ ee-tuh-buh l ]

/ ˈi tə bəl /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR eatable ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

edible.

noun

Usually eatables. articles of food.

Origin of eatable

First recorded in 1475–85; eat + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM eatable

non·eat·a·ble, adjective un·eat·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby eatable

eat someone up, eat someone's ass out, eat someone's lunch, eat up, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die, eatable, eatables, eatage, eaten, eatery, eath

Example sentences from the Web for eatables

And one need not confine the game to geography, but may adapt it to include animals, or eatables, or books.

What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes |Dorothy Canfield Fisher
A woman is religiously forbidden to taste of anything in the shape of eatables before it is given to a man.

The Hindoos as they Are |Shib Chunder Bose
The besieged garrison was adding to its store of eatables by bringing down wildfowl, which flew in abundance over the town.

Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany |Horace Porter
We tried some of these, and found them most delicious, as indeed were all the other eatables we consumed.

To Mars via The Moon |Mark Wicks

We had not touched any eatables for several hours, and I made the housewife understand that we wanted some food.

The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) |James Edward Parrott

British Dictionary definitions for eatables (1 of 2)

eatables

/ (ˈiːtəbəlz) /

pl n

(sometimes singular) food

British Dictionary definitions for eatables (2 of 2)

eatable

/ (ˈiːtəbəl) /

adjective

fit or suitable for eating; edible