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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 uneatable

Puddings when cold are uneatable; and love when coldrife is near the breaking off.

The Proverbs of Scotland |Alexander Hislop
The bacon was uneatable, and had to be thrown away: the flour was musty, and the saleratus was lost overboard.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 |Various
That is a handsomer ornament of a dinner-table than clusters of nosegays, and all sorts of uneatable decorations.

Gryll Grange |Thomas Love Peacock
Farther along the pebble beach they found the ashes of a fire and the bones and uneatable remains of a hare.

The Island of Yellow Sands |E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

But the food was uneatable, of course; Mrs. Ogilvie could never get a thing to eat that she liked.

Peter and Jane |S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

British Dictionary definitions for uneatable (1 of 2)

uneatable

/ (ʌnˈiːtəbəl) /

adjective

not pleasant or safe enough to be eaten

British Dictionary definitions for uneatable (2 of 2)

eatable

/ (ˈiːtəbəl) /

adjective

fit or suitable for eating; edible