Thesaurus: edible

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1. a. Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
2. n. Anything edible.
3. adj. suitable for use as food
4. n. any substance that can be used as food
5. Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2. -- Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. -- Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. -- Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.
6. Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.Bacon.-- n.
7. j:92/n:8 a. suitable for use as food