Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Fit to be eaten; edible.
  • noun Something fit to be eaten.
  • noun Food.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fit to be eaten; edible; proper for food; esculent.
  • noun Anything that may be eaten; that which is fit for or used as food.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be eaten; edible.
  • noun Anything edible
  • noun in the plural food

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any substance that can be used as food
  • adjective suitable for use as food

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

eat +‎ -able (“able, capable”)

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  • If something is edible, you can eat it (and won't die), if something is eatable you actually WANT to eat it.

    January 8, 2015