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Main Entry:	edible [ed-uh-buhl] Show IPA/ˈɛdəbəl/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	able to be eaten
Synonyms:	comestible, digestible, eatable, esculent, fit, good, harmless, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome, wholesome
Antonyms:	harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable

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Main Entry:	eatable
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	able to be consumed
Synonyms:	appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, fit, good, harmless, kosher, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, wholesome, yummy
Antonyms:	inedible, undelicious, uneatable, unpalatable, unwholesome

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	fare
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	food served at meals
Synonyms:	commons, diet, eatables, eats, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop, sustenance, swill, table, victuals
Notes:	a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed

Example Sentences

AN edible gift may be the solution to the problem of what to present to a weekend hostess.

The landscape plan calls for shade trees, vines on trellises on the south side of the house, and edible landscaping on the north.

Hunter-gatherers' practice of scouring surroundings for edible plants is responsible for only half of their moniker.

AN edible gift may be the solution to the problem of what to present to a weekend hostess.

The landscape plan calls for shade trees, vines on trellises on the south side of the house, and edible landscaping on the north.

Hunter-gatherers' practice of scouring surroundings for edible plants is responsible for only half of their moniker.

Animals are rarely served whole, and innards are not considered worth marketing and have faded from the inventory of edible foods.

Females clearly prefer males bearing edible presents.

They were crunchy on the outside, although the skin was thin enough to be thoroughly edible.

T his genus includes many ornamental twining vines as well as the edible sweet potato.

Showing edible or useful wildfood sources in your area.

Fortunately, the edible pumpkin is not completely lost.

As far as the zoological viewpoint is concerned, if the material is edible animal flesh, it could be considered meat.

It was traditionally consigned to hedgerows, protecting more valuable, edible crops from peckish goats.

Make an edible model of fossils found in sediment layers.

As research into edible vaccines is progressing, so too are efforts to make foods more nutritious.

It's been fun watching the heirloom edible movement regain momentum.

Scientists have created the first edible cottonseed through genetic engineering.

With fresh green garlic, everything is edible except for the outermost skin.

Edible varieties probably first arose as random, sterile mutants.

Axillary racemes of pink, bell-shaped flowers are followed by dark, edible berries.

The chemistry of encased mussels and other edible orbs.

There are all kinds of places you can sneak it something edible.

Ask a bakery near you if they can create edible images.

What makes lupinis edible is repeated rinsing, or rinsing and soaking, or rinsing and soaking and cooking.

The children, you see, had in mind brownies of a more edible sort.

The edible root, which measures one and a half to two inches in length, resembles a dahlia tuber.

We do not have to use edible sugars to produce the raw materials.

Edible blossoms and leaves add a peppery, cresslike flavor to salads.

If accepted by consumers, other breeds of edible fish are likely to follow.

To address the first question, all acorns are edible if prepared properly.

Bushmeat is the name given to all edible species hunted in the forests.

Normally, pollination by specialized wasps is required for fig trees to bear edible fruit.

Harvesting of commonly edible fish could be a good way out to teh problem.

Some peas are for shelling, some have edible pods, and others can be eaten either way.

The leaves and stems are poisonous, but the fruit is eminently edible.

Plant a fruit or nut tree if you want an edible dividend.

Plants in turn provide oxygen, edible parts and attractive floral displays.

The brain recognizes edible artwork on multiple levels.

And nearly all of it was made from edible corn kernels.

Filipinos now serve guests species of fish that they barely considered edible a decade ago.

Use rain barrels and graywater systems for everything except edible vegetation.

Other benefits of cooking would be to kill harmful bacteria and germs, and in some cases make the raw inedible edible.

His decision was wise given that the stale lunch food no longer qualified as edible.

The colorful groundcover does not bear edible goobers, but it does have lush foliage and light orange flowers.

He prefers to grow edible things, which can sometime include flowers, but usually not.

How a briny solution tips the scales to one particular species and keeps the fruit edible for a long, long time.

Growing an edible plant is an extremely simple thing.

These varieties have less flavor but remain edible longer.

At the edible schoolyard, kids learn to grow, cook and value food.

Battista accidentally discovered edible cellulose by leaving a solution of cellulose and water in the blender a little too.

Learn about unusual varieties of easy-to-grow edible garden mints.

Day lilies grow through the summer and are edible as sprouts, flower buds and blossoms.

As a phrase connoting edible pleasure, it's one of those things that every mother and child discover for themselves.

Others agree that shifting the strategy for edible vaccines from food.

Watch for scoop on the best annual herbs to plant in your edible garden.

He also prepares edible photographs flavored to fit a theme:.

Some herbs are only meant to produce edible herbs for a month or so, but the lavender should have stayed on.

Moreover, competing water-based edible films kept flavors in and oxygen out-but they could not keep moisture in or out of foods.

See varieties of basil that add character to your edible garden--and your dishes.

Once, food was all you could eat, but today there are lots of other edible foodlike substances in the supermarket.

Watch to get tips on perennial herbs that are musts in any edible garden.

Despite the jaw-dropping complexity of some of his wire and thread works, it's the art made with edible materials.

Try out these unusual, and lesser-known, vegetables in your edible garden.

It will be shoveled into planters attached to the sculpture's sides, containing live edible plants.

Edible oils are filling fuel tanks as well as bellies.

Failing that, unless you can buy everything organic, focus on foods with edible skin.

For instance, the leaf of a plant may produce trehalose, while the edible grains do not.

Corn, squash, and other crops make up an edible entry garden.

How effective they would be for creating complete edible constructions is hard to tell, but experiment at will.

They are seldom pies without anything edible and/or nutritious inside.

The presence of this edible root confirms archeologists.

Three edible gardening experts share tricks and tools to create custom, stylish gardens.

They also attached an edible mealworm to each moth to tempt woodland birds, such as blackbirds and house sparrows.

Get ideas for how to layout your edible garden from these garden designs and plans.

Different types of edible plants leave unique chemical signatures in living tissue, including teeth.

The wild varieties of many edible fruits and vegetables aren't particularly sweet, succulent or easy to eat.

Try our step-by-step instructions for making a garden tower for all your edible plants.

California where cannabis is available for purchase in a variety of smokeable and edible preparations.

These sunny giants bring old-fashioned charm and a bounty of edible seeds.

Hadza women gather berries and baobab fruit and dig edible tubers.

Even cattle as they mature, learn what is edible in an area from their brethren.

Raised for their edible roots and tender young leaves, beets grow best in relatively cool weather.

The trees produce a delicious edible fruit, similar to a creamy mixture of banana, mango and pineapple.

Throughout their travels she supplemented the men's diets with wild artichokes and other edible plants she found and dug.

I've often wondered whether caffeine is naturally produced in edible plants other than the tea, coffee, and cocoa plants.

The water barrier will be used to breed two kinds of edible fish.

All of the ingredients you need to keep unpainted wood floors clean and shiny are edible.

There is continuing debate over whether or not it is safe to use water from a rain barrel on edible plants, so use caution.

Not everyone has the room or time for a big edible garden.

Main Entry:	grub
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	food
Synonyms:	chow, comestibles, eats, edibles, feed, nosh, nurture, provisions, rations, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles

Main Entry:	meat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	flesh of animal consumed as food
Synonyms:	aliment, brawn, chow, comestible, eats, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, grub, muscle, nourishment, nutriment, provision, ration, subsistence, sustenance, victual

Main Entry:	nurture
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	development, nourishment
Synonyms:	breeding, care, diet, discipline, edibles, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, rearing, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals
Antonyms:	deprivation, ignorance, neglect, starvation

Main Entry:	potable
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	drinkable
Synonyms:	edible, palatable, safe to drink

Main Entry:	sustenance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	necessities for existence
Synonyms:	aid, aliment, bacon, bread and butter, bread, comestible, daily bread, eatables, edibles, food, keep, livelihood, maintenance, nourishment, nutrition, pap, provender, provision, ration, refreshment, salt, subsistence, support, victual, wherewithal
Antonyms:	extras

Main Entry:	vegetable
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	edible part of plant
Synonyms:	edible, green, greens, herb, herbaceous plant, legume, produce, root, salad, truck, yellow

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