edible

ed-i-ble · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Fit to be eaten; safe for consumption as food.

  2. 2.

    (Informal) Reasonably good to eat; palatable.

  3. 3.

    (Usually plural: edibles) Items that are suitable to be eaten, especially cannabis-infused food products.

Related words

Antonyms: inedible, poisonous, toxic
See also: consumable, eatable, food, inedible
Synonyms: consumable, eatable, fit to eat, palatable

Etymology

From Late Latin edibilis meaning "eatable," from Latin edere meaning "to eat." Related to edible in the sense of being fit for eating.