edible

[ ed-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent:

   Are you sure this is edible?

   Synonyms: consumable, comestible

noun

1. Usually edibles.
   1. an edible substance; food:

      a basket of fruit, cheeses, and other tasty edibles.

   2. Also called ma·ri·jua·na ed·i·ble [mar-, uh, -, wah, -n, uh, , ed, -, uh, -b, uh, l],. a food or drink product that is infused with marijuana and ingested as an alternative to smoking or vaping the drug:

      The dispensary sells many popular edibles from candies and cookies to ciders and sodas.

   3. Also called CBD ed·i·ble [see, -, bee, -, dee, , ed, -, uh, -b, uh, l]. a food or drink product that is infused with CBD:

      Our food co-op just stocked a special display of CBD edibles, including chocolate bars and tea.

edible

/ ˈɛdɪbəl /

adjective

1. fit to be eaten; eatable

Derived Forms

• ˌediˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• ed·i·bil·i·ty ed·i·ble·ness noun
• non·ed·i·bil·i·ty noun
• non·ed·i·ble adjective noun
• non·ed·i·ble·ness noun
• un·ed·i·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of edible¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin edibilis, equivalent to ed(ere) “to eat” + -ibilis adjective suffix; eat ( def ), -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of edible¹

C17: from Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere to eat

Example Sentences

Paper menus were composted and fed to worms, which were dehydrated and fed to fish, whose ammonia-rich waste fertilized the lettuces, guava plants, curry leaves, and edible flowers used in the kitchen.

From MIT Technology Review

They deliver their goods to the root microbiome through pumping exudates—a homemade brew of carbohydrates, phytochemicals, and other edibles—into the soil.

From Nautilus

Apeel takes that edible substance made of ubiquitous plant material and creates a solution in which the molecules are arranged more closely to those on a lemon after drying on a piece of produce.

From Fortune

I have never had strong opinions about cannabis—whether smoking or edible—and I’ve always had an adverse reaction to THC.

From Fortune

It’s not unlike the rise of cannabis edibles as an alternative to sharing joints or pipes.

From Quartz

The lobster is taken away and a steak, something he considers edible, is provided.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, Fast Company predicts that edible insects are already a $20 million industry in the U.S.

From The Daily Beast

Before Kaye, edible taxidermy had not yet been introduced to the mainstream on an educational level.

From The Daily Beast

Coffee beans are available in jewelry, keychain, soap, body spray and, of course, edible and brewable form.

From The Daily Beast

Poking through this crunchy-sweet vegetable mound is edible ecstasy.

From The Daily Beast

Among many people in the East, no food is thought so great a dainty as these edible birds' nests.

From Project Gutenberg

It is about the size of a nut, with a brown verrucous outside; the edible part is white and tender, and the kernel black.

From Project Gutenberg

The recovery of the oyster, clam and other edible shell-fish is also a feature of the work which the Lake Company has in view.

From Project Gutenberg

Biscuits a little knocked about, but still edible; many thanks for them all.

From Project Gutenberg

After repeated efforts to dissect it we agreed with Tom, and found it not more edible than a pickled football.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• succulent
• tasty