adjective
edible
ED-uh-bul/ˈɛdəbl/
Safe or suitable to eat.
The washed fruit and freshly baked bread are edible and ready to enjoy.
Etymology
The pieces express “capable of being eaten.” The ancestor already meant “eatable,” so the modern sense of food suitable to eat preserves that direct connection.
In context
what we binder jet the materials with are mostly edible when they come out of the printer. Like you can actually eat them.
More examples
- Check whether a wild mushroom is edible before eating it.
- The cheese has an edible rind.
- The cookies look messy, but they are still perfectly edible.
Forms
edible
edibility noun — The quality of being suitable to eat.
inedible adjective — Not safe or suitable to eat.
Similar words
- eatable
- Often emphasizes acceptability as food rather than safety.
- palatable
- Emphasizes pleasant taste rather than whether food is safe.