'Edible' definitions:
Definition of 'edible'
From: WordNet
adjective
noun
Any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]
Definition of 'Edible'
From: GCIDE
- Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. [1913 Webster]
- Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2.
- Edible crab (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab.
- Edible frog (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog ({Rana esculenta}), used as food.
- Edible snail (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'edible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- board,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- cheer,
- comestible,
- comestibles,
- creature comfort,
- cuisine,
- daily bread,
- dainty,
- delicious,
- digestible,
- eatable,
- eatables,
- edibles,
- esculent,
- fare,
- fast food,
- feast,
- food,
- food and drink,
- foodstuff,
- good to eat,
- gustable,
- health food,
- ingesta,
- junk food,
- kitchen stuff,
- kosher,
- meat,
- nourishing,
- nutritious,
- nutritive,
- palatable,
- provender,
- provision,
- savory,
- spread,
- succulent,
- sustenance,
- table,
- tasty,
- toothsome,
- tucker,
- viands,
- victuals,
- vittles,
- wholesome