edible, comestible, eatable
(adjective) suitable for use as food
comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals
(noun) any substance that can be used as food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eatable (comparative more eatable, superlative most eatable)
Able to be eaten; edible.
Rather informal, and sometimes proscribed by authorities. edible is the usual term, and much more frequent, while comestible is relatively formal.
More narrowly, used to mean “food that can be eaten, but is not of very high quality”.
• comestible
• edible
• uneatable
• drinkable, potable
eatable (plural eatables)
(mostly, in the plural) Anything edible; food.
• comestible
• edible
Source: Wiktionary
Eat"a*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.
– n.
Definition: Something fit to be eaten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
