eatable
         adj 1: suitable for use as food [syn: {edible}, {comestible},
                  {eatable}] [ant: {inedible}, {uneatable}]
         n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible},
               {edible}, {eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}, {victuals}]

English Dictionary: edible	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edibility n the property of being fit to eat [syn: edibility, edibleness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible adj suitable for use as food [syn: edible, comestible, eatable] Antonym(s): inedible, uneatable n any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible asparagus n plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable Synonym(s): asparagus, edible asparagus, Asparagus officinales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible banana n widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit Synonym(s): edible banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible bean n any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food Synonym(s): bean, edible bean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible cockle n common edible European cockle [syn: edible cockle, Cardium edule]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible corn n ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food Synonym(s): corn, edible corn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible fat n oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible fruit n edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible mussel n a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks Synonym(s): edible mussel, Mytilus edulis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible nut n a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible sea urchin n a sea urchin that can be eaten [syn: edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible seed n many are used as seasoning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible snail n one of the chief edible snails [syn: edible snail, {Helix pomatia}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible-pod pea n a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea Synonym(s): edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edible-podded pea n a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea Synonym(s): edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edibleness n the property of being fit to eat [syn: edibility, edibleness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eatable \Eat"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food;       esculent; edible. -- n. Something fit to be eaten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edibility \Ed`i*bil"i*ty\, n.       Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See       {Eat}.]       Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible       fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.          {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2.          {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food,             esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See             {Crab}.          {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana             esculenta}), used as food.          {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp.             {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See       {Eat}.]       Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible       fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.          {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2.          {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food,             esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See             {Crab}.          {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana             esculenta}), used as food.          {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp.             {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See       {Eat}.]       Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible       fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.          {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2.          {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food,             esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See             {Crab}.          {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana             esculenta}), used as food.          {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp.             {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See       {Eat}.]       Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible       fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.          {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2.          {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food,             esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See             {Crab}.          {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana             esculenta}), used as food.          {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp.             {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel,       snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan.       snegl, Icel. snigill.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial                   air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix                   and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}.                   They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world                   except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on                   vegetation; a land snail.             (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true                   snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See                   {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}.          2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.          3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally             curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the             position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a             striking clock.          4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to             protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]                         They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .                      that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or                      of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow                      pavises and targets, under the which men, when they                      fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail                      is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.                                                                               --Vegetius                                                                               (Trans.).          5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.          {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under             {Ear}, {Edible}, etc.          {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.                      {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago             scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its             pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also             {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}.          {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus             Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled             like a snail shell.          {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail.          {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See       {Eat}.]       Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible       fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.          {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2.          {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food,             esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See             {Crab}.          {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana             esculenta}), used as food.          {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp.             {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edibleness \Ed"i*ble*ness\, n.       Suitableness for being eaten.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eddyville, IA (city, FIPS 23970)       Location: 41.15867 N, 92.62970 W       Population (1990): 1010 (422 housing units)       Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52553    Eddyville, IL (village, FIPS 22398)       Location: 37.50032 N, 88.58519 W       Population (1990): 151 (72 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62928    Eddyville, KY (city, FIPS 23824)       Location: 37.07526 N, 88.07925 W       Population (1990): 1889 (630 housing units)       Area: 14.7 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 42038    Eddyville, NE (village, FIPS 14380)       Location: 41.01271 N, 99.62326 W       Population (1990): 102 (46 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68834    Eddyville, NY       Zip code(s): 12401    Eddyville, OR       Zip code(s): 97343
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eutawville, SC (town, FIPS 24100)       Location: 33.39785 N, 80.34365 W       Population (1990): 350 (158 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29048
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
eat flaming death imp.   A construction popularized among    hackers by the infamous {CPU Wars} comic; supposedly derive from a    famously turgid line in a WWII-era anti-Nazi propaganda comic that    ran "Eat flaming death, non-Aryan mongrels!" or something of the    sort (however, it is also reported that the Firesign Theatre's 1975    album "In The Next World, You're On Your Own" a character won the    right to scream "Eat flaming death, fascist media pigs" in the    middle of Oscar night on a game show; this may have been an    influence).   Used in humorously overblown expressions of hostility.    "Eat flaming death, {{EBCDIC}} users!"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
eat flaming death          A construction popularised among hackers by the infamous {CPU       Wars} comic; supposedly derive from a famously turgid line in       a WWII-era anti-Nazi propaganda comic that ran "Eat flaming       death, non-Aryan mongrels!" or something of the sort (however,       it is also reported that the Firesign Theater's 1975 album "In       The Next World, You're On Your Own" included the phrase "Eat       flaming death, fascist media pigs"; this may have been an       influence).   Used in humorously overblown expressions of       hostility. "Eat flaming death, {EBCDIC} users!"          [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Eth-baal       with Baal, a king of Sidon (B.C. 940-908), father of Jezebel,       who was the wife of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31). He is said to have       been also a priest of Astarte, whose worship was closely allied       to that of Baal, and this may account for his daughter's zeal in       promoting idolatry in Israel. This marriage of Ahab was most       fatal to both Israel and Judah. Dido, the founder of Carthage,       was his granddaughter.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ethbaal, toward the idol, or with Baal