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Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before.
Luigi Barzini

Meaning of "eatable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EATABLE

eatable  [ˈiːtəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EATABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eatable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EATABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eatable

Eating

Eating is the ingestion of food or other object, usually to provide heterotrophic organism particularly for energy and growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside of their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. For humans, eating is an activity of daily living.

Definition of eatable in the English dictionary

The definition of eatable in the dictionary is fit or suitable for eating; edible.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EATABLE


beatable
ˈbiːtəbəl
bootable
ˈbuːtəbəl
cheatable
ˈtʃiːtəbəl
completable
kəmˈpliːtəbəl
convertible
kənˈvɜːtəbəl
depletable
dɪˈpliːtəbəl
executable
ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtəbəl
heatable
ˈhiːtəbəl
nondepletable
ˌnɒndɪˈpliːtəbəl
portable
ˈpɔːtəbəl
repeatable
rɪˈpiːtəbəl
sortable
ˈsɔːtəbəl
suitable
ˈsuːtəbəl
transportable
trænsˈpɔːtəbəl
treatable
ˈtriːtəbəl
unbeatable
ʌnˈbiːtəbəl
uneatable
ʌnˈiːtəbəl
unrepeatable
ˌʌnrɪˈpiːtəbəl
unsuitable
ʌnˈsuːtəbəl
untreatable
ʌnˈtriːtəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EATABLE

eat
eat crow
eat dirt
eat humble pie
eat one´s heart out
eat one´s words
eat out
eat out of someone´s hand
eat someone out of house and home
eat up
eatables
eatage
eatche
eaten
eater
eaterie
eatery
eath
eathly
eating

WORDS THAT END LIKE EATABLE

able
acceptable
accountable
adjustable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
notable
on the table
palatable
printable
profitable
reputable
stable
table
timetable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of eatable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EATABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «eatable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of eatable

Translation of «eatable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EATABLE

Find out the translation of eatable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eatable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eatable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

食用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comestible
570 millions of speakers

English

eatable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाद्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مأكول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

съедобно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comestível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাবারযোগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mangeable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dimakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

essbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食べられる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저희 집은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உண்ணக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाण्यायोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yenilebilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mangiabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jadalnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

їстівне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eatable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαγώσιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eetbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ätbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spiselig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eatable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EATABLE»

The term «eatable» is normally little used and occupies the 108.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EATABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eatable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eatable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eatable

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QUOTES WITH «EATABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eatable.
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Luigi Barzini
Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EATABLE»

Discover the use of eatable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eatable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A selection of the eatable funguses of Great Britain, ed. by ...
A SELECTION OF THE EATABLE FUNGUSES OF GREAT BRITAIN. EDITED BT ROBERT HOGG, LL.D., F.L.S., AND GEORGE W. JOHNSON, F.R.H.S., EDITORS OF THE " JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER ...
Robert Hogg, George William Johnson, 1866
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On the Flora of Australia
Portulaca oleracea. Purslane ; acidulous pot-herb. Nitraria Billardieri. Fruit eatable, Mueller. Tetragonia expansa. New Zealand spinach. Mesembryanthemum praecox. Pruit eatable, Mueller. Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale. " Pigs' -faces.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1859
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Loudon's Hortus Britannicus: A Catalogue of All the Plants ...
VolM lome ¡ edge qfcap ¡Mated; eatable. 268Я8 raRinitus Bid. »heath«! eatable 6 aut W walte placo Bul. her. 518 1 plúmbeus Schaff, lead-colored eatable 6 aut Lead waate places Scb:vlT 85. 86 2 ny&hnus Schtejf'. transparent eatable 6 su ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1830
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Hortus Britannicus. A Catalogue of All the Plants ...
leadcolored eatable 6 aut Lead waste places Schœff. 85. 86 2 hyálinus Sch«r»_p '.' transparent eatable 6 su Сага waste places Schœif. 244 3 pulvinàtus Bol. cushioned eatable 6 su Br waste places Bolt. pil. 49 4 fúlvus Schaf.' tawny eatable 6 ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1830
5
Grass Productivity
"Eatable water" W. Ellison (17) reports the following experience: Part of a hill pasture was tilled and sown with a mixture of different rye- grasses. At the beginning of the autumn the cows were allowed to graze this new sward simultaneously ...
Andre Voisin, 1988
6
Arrangements of vegetable tissues and organs, analyses of ...
Suborder : Pomem, fruit eatable (Apple, Pear.) Amygdalece, fruit eatable (a Drupe,) bark tonic; prus- sic acid (Peach, Cherry-laurel.) Sanguisorbece, astringent (Burnet.) Carpel solitary, a legume. — Leguminosce, leaves and fruit eatable ...
Arrangements, 1846
7
Computational Logic--CL 2000: First International ...
These nine rules have identical supports and confidences of 51% and 54% re- spectively, and the item “free gills” in the antecedent: 1) free gills → eatable 6) free gills → eatable, partial veil, white veil 2) free gills → eatable, partial veil 7) free ...
John Wylie Lloyd, 2000
8
An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
MOnCHEL'LA. Dill. Morel. 16197 esculenta Pers. esculent eatable tt rot&tida Pers . & oiUgarit Pers. 16198 pStula Pers. 2387. HELVEL'LA. L. ItMJOcrlspa Fr. ItHOl lacunfisa Jfs. RVJ esculenta Pers. 18*3 In'fula Schatf: 16204 elastica Fr. 2388.
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
9
Santhal Worldview
The birdpotam in the first category is eatable, non-totemic, non-sacrificial, non- polluting and unintelligent. Among the birds of the second category, both gidi and kahiiare non-eatable, totemic, non-sacrificial, polluting and intelligent. The bird ...
Nita Mathur, 2001
10
An Etymological Gujarati English Dictionary
>r*. to worship. ] Not devoted. , 8. /. Absence of devotion. Having no devo- tion; wanting devotion; faithless. 5H«<M^, adj. [ S. fr. ar + «(*«i eatable fr. HB to eat.] Not eatable; unfit for eating. *H'<M%'-U<H%«4, a. n. [Correctly S. HJTT- «!« /r.
M. B. Belsare, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EATABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eatable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shahbaz orders foolproof security for Youm-e-Ali (AS)
He said that monitoring teams are also visiting open markets along with Ramazan bazaars regularly for ensuring availability of eatable items to ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Report: Maggi is safe to consume, but not in India
Maggi noodles, a mouthwatering eatable for many people across the globe, has been under the scanner for sometime now. Maggi is a product ... «Biotechin.Asia, Jul 15»
3
The Reason for Eating in Season
We don't sprinkle fairy dust on soil and generate perfectly eatable food. None of this just magically happens. We've grown accustomed to foods' ... «TallahasseeScene, Jul 15»
4
Who'll like some rotten wheat?
db269acb8f94f2610f06fbdbdd0f2c56-13 .Eatable or uneatable? The food minister is in a quandary with the wheat imported from Brazil and he ... «Prothom Alo, Jul 15»
5
Interviewed by Sinan Antoon
... the Za'atri market[10] and instead buying “eatable items.” Maha complained about the corruption of the street leader[11] in the camp's section ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
6
'I must save my life and not risk my family's safety!': Untold Stories of …
... the Za'atri market[10] and instead buying “eatable items.” Maha complained about the corruption of the street leader[11] in the camp's section ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
7
CCPO reply sought over mapping blunder
Advocate Azhar Siddique had filed the petition stating that the government miserably failed to ensure a decrease in prices of eatable items after ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
8
LC panel suggests measures to streamline CA&PD Deptt
The Committee instructed the authorities of CA&PD to intensify market checking and ensure that the people get quality eatable items. «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
9
A Midsummer Night's Dream cocktail: Sangria
And by the way, don't be shy about unleashing your imagina tion as to what to include in your sangria's recipe . . . as long as it is an eatable fruit ... «Nanaimo Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Now, NCP accuses Pankaja Munde of flouting rules in awarding …
Allegedly, Munde also cleared purchases of chikki (eatable), mats and books for Rs 206 crore without floating tenders for the same. According ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»

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