adj

edible

EH-dih-buhl

adj

Safe and fit to eat.

"Not all wild berries are edible, so it pays to know which ones are safe."

"The chef assured us the flowers on the plate were edible."

noun

A food product infused with cannabis, typically eaten rather than smoked.

"She felt the effects of the edible almost an hour after eating it."

How to Use Edible

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishFit to eat, or, more recently, a cannabis-laced snack.

Common mistake

The cannabis-food sense ("an edible") is informal and context-dependent — check surrounding words before assuming it means marijuana products.

Common pairings

an edible mushroom edible flowers pot edibles

edibles plural

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From Late Latin edibilis, from Latin edere ("to eat") — a doublet of "eatable."

comestible eatable eatworthy consumable esculent nibbleable stomachable palatable food

inedible uneatable

food beautiful spoilt delicious palatable inedible lasting

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comestible eatable eatworthy consumable esculent nibbleable stomachable palatable food inedible uneatable beautiful