comestible

[ kuh-mes-tuh-buh l ]

/ kəˈmɛs tə bəl /

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adjective

edible; eatable.

noun

Usually comestibles. articles of food; edibles: The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

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Origin of comestible

1475–85; < Late Latin comēstibilis, equivalent to Latin comēst(us), past participle of comedere to eat up (see comedo; -ēstus for -ēs(s)us by analogy with gestus, ūstus, etc.; see combust) + -ibilis -ible; see eat

Words nearby comestible

comedy of manners, comely, comenius, comer, comes, comestible, comet, cometh, comeuppance, comex, comfit

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Example sentences from the Web for comestible

But the abalone—as a Christian comestible he is a stranger to me and the tooth o' me.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
He wrote to Paris and London for all the delicacies of the "comestible" shops.
That Boy Of Norcott's|Charles James Lever
The railway drays, laden with the comestible treasures of the ocean, no longer thundered through the covered ways.
The Fat and the Thin|Emile Zola
Bread is the only comestible which the custom of well-bred people permits to be laid off your plate.
How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits|Samuel R Wells

Occasionally, where his memory of that language failed him, he would put down the name of some comestible in Greek.
Albania|E. F. Knight

British Dictionary definitions for comestible

comestible

/ (kəˈmɛstɪbəl) /

noun

(usually plural) food

adjective

a rare word for edible

Word Origin for comestible

C15: from Late Latin comestibilis, from comedere to eat up; see comedo

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comestible

adjective

noun

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noun

adjective

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