"eatable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more eatable [comparative], most eatable [superlative]
Etymology: eat + -able (“able, capable”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eat|able|t2=able, capable}} eat + -able (“able, capable”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} eatable (comparative more eatable, superlative most eatable)
  1. Able to be eaten; edible. Coordinate_terms: drinkable, potable
    Sense id: en-eatable-en-adj-YH2ftYq6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: comestible, edible

Noun [English]

Forms: eatables [plural]
Etymology: eat + -able (“able, capable”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eat|able|t2=able, capable}} eat + -able (“able, capable”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eatable (plural eatables)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) Anything edible; food. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-eatable-en-noun-Yp2CfBvj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: comestible, edible

Inflected forms

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