eatable

Example Sentences

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"When we started working on the breakfast sandwich, the biggest qualifications were — is it eatable? Like, can you have it on your lap in the car? And will it sit for a while?"

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2021

U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries O'Malley officially opened the campaign with a lecture on the Pink salmon, obligingly giving special attention to its eatable qualities.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were doing a thriving trade, however, in everything wearable, drinkable or eatable that devoted French women thought their men at the front might like.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stouffer's food is unlikely to send a gourmet into raptures, or to show much evidence of fuss, but it is inevitably eatable, usually tasty, always well-served, and priced moderately.

From Time Magazine Archive

Breakfast-time came at last, and this morning the porridge was not burnt; the quality was eatable, the quantity small.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë