[1475–85; eat + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1475–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: docket, establishment, intone, lanyard, reduction-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'eatable' in a sentence
eatable
And this task requires working out unified approaches to classification of both eatable and non-eatable products.
N.V. Zaitseva, I.V. May, S.I. Sychik, E.V. Fedorenko, L.M. Shevchuk 2017, 'ANALYSIS OF LEGAL AND METHODOLOGICAL GROUNDS FOR RISK-ORIENTED SURVEILLANCE OVERCONSUMER PRODUCTS: TASKS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS IN THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION',Analiz Riska Zdorovʹûhttp://journal.fcrisk.ru/eng/2017/4/1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The bulbs are the eatable part that grows in the ground that have certain similitudes withthe potato.
Sorina Ropciuc, Sorina Ropciuc 2014, 'Study on exploitation of Jerusalem artichoke bulbs in relation to chemical composition',Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologieshttp://spasb.ro/index.php/spasb/article/view/1808. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Synonyms of 'eatable'
edible, good, harmless, wholesome
More Synonyms of eatable
(adjective)
Definition
fit or suitable for eating
The haggis was eatable, rather like unflavoured mince.
Synonyms
edible
Are these mushrooms edible?
good
Is this fish still good, or has it gone off?
harmless
working at developing harmless substitutes for these gases
wholesome
The food was filling and wholesome.
palatable
digestible
comestible (rare)
fit to eat
esculent (formal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of esculent
Definition
edible
Synonyms
edible,
wholesome,
palatable,
eatable,
fit to eat
in the sense of good
Is this fish still good, or has it gone off?
Synonyms
edible,
untainted,
uncorrupted,
eatable,
fit to eat
in the sense of harmless
Definition
safe to use, touch, or be near
working at developing harmless substitutes for these gases