Modern English usage. 2014.
Eatable — Eat a*ble ([=e]t [.a]*b l), a. Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. n. Something fit to be eaten. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eatable — index palatable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
eatable — late 15c., from EAT (Cf. eat) + ABLE (Cf. able) … Etymology dictionary
eatable — [adj] able to be consumed appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish*, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, fit, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent,… … New thesaurus
eatable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ fit to be consumed as food. ► NOUN (eatables) ▪ items of food … English terms dictionary
eatable — [ēt′ə bəl] adj. fit to be eaten; edible n. a thing fit to be eaten; food usually used in pl … English World dictionary
eatable — 1. adjective Able to be eaten; edible. Especially, not very high quality. 1847: I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable; , Syn: comestible, edible 2. noun … Wiktionary
eatable — See eatable, edible … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
eatable, edible — These words, both in standard usage, have a shared meaning of not poisonous or harmful, fit to be eaten : This food does not look appetizing, but it is eatable (or edible). Edible is more formal and somewhat more refined than eatable, a word… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
eatable — I. adjective Date: 14th century fit or able to be eaten II. noun Date: 1672 1. something to eat 2. plural food … New Collegiate Dictionary
