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How to pronounce edible in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals
Type of nutrient, food
Has types tuck
Type Words
Synonyms comestible, eatable
Derivation edibility, edibleness

Examples of edible

edible
The flowers themselves are edible and will add spectacular color to your salads.
From the post-gazette.com
This handmade edible wedding couple cake topper was made by Sweet E's Bake Shop.
From the latimes.com
In days of old, such a method was necessary to render tough cuts of meat edible.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In fact, most of the edible grain in the world is used to feed animals for meat.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Large, round, and orange, the pumpkin has a mild sweet flavor with edible seeds.
From the theepochtimes.com
First, second, and third-place winners will receive a box of non-edible goodies.
From the sltrib.com
Shaped like a crescent, Brazil nuts aren't technically a nut but an edible seed.
From the abcnews.go.com
My eggplants are producing weird somethings that don't resemble anything edible.
From the chron.com
They're also known as white walnuts for their edible nuts and high-quality wood.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Comestible: any substance that can be used as food
  • Suitable for use as food
  • (edibleness) edibility: the property of being fit to eat
  • Eating is the ingestion of food to provide for all humans and animals nutritional needs, particularly for energy and growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores consume a mixture of both. ...
  • Anything edible; That can be eaten without harm; non-toxic to humans; suitable for consumption; That can be eaten without disgust
  • Able to use as a food by people for nutrients; not poisonous. Inedible means something that people can not gain nutrients from, or which may cause sickness when eaten.
  • Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
  • Okay to eat, not necessarily delicious.
  • Cafe formerly located on College Avenue near the Rockridge Bart Station. During it's heyday, was perhaps the best cafe in the East Bay. Replaced in the late 1990's by a crepe restaurant.