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Eatable (adj) means Safe or fit to eat.

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Safe or fit to eat.
"Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill." — “Baboon”, Baboon (1911)
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Etymology

Formed from eat and -able (“able, capable”), making it a doublet of edible.

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What is the meaning of eatable?
"eatable" (adj) means safe or fit to eat.
What is another word for eatable?
Other words for "eatable" include comestible, edible.
What is the opposite of eatable?
The opposite of "eatable" is uneatable.

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