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Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable.
Leonard Baskin

Meaning of "inedible" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INEDIBLE

inedible  [ɪnˈɛdɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEDIBLE

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

WHAT DOES INEDIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inedible in the English dictionary

The definition of inedible in the dictionary is not fit to be eaten; uneatable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEDIBLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
audible
ˈɔːdɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
credible
ˈkrɛdɪbəl
dibble
ˈdɪbəl
edible
ˈɛdɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
includible
ɪnˈkluːdɪbəl
invendible
ɪnˈvɛndɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
mandible
ˈmændɪbəl
noncorrodible
ˌnɒnkəˈrəʊdɪbəl
nonedible
nɒˈnɛdɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
street-credible
ˈstriːtˌkrɛdɪbəl
subaudible
sʌbˈɔːdɪbəl
table
ˈteɪbəl
uncredible
ʌnˈkrɛdɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEDIBLE

inearth
inebriant
inebriate
inebriated
inebriation
inebriety
inebrious
inedibility
inedibly
inedita
inedited
ineducability
ineducable
ineffability
ineffable
ineffableness
ineffably
ineffaceability
ineffaceable
ineffaceably

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEDIBLE

accessible
addible
ascendible
comprehendible
corrodible
descendible
elidible
eludible
erodible
evadible
excludible
extendible
inaudible
incorrodible
incredible
ineludible
rendible
suspendible
undescendible
unvendible
vendible

Synonyms and antonyms of inedible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INEDIBLE»

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

Translation of «inedible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEDIBLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

不可食用的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incomible
570 millions of speakers

English

inedible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अखाद्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير صالح للأكل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несъедобными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não-comestível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অখাদ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

immangeable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak boleh dimakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungenießbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食用に適さない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

먹을 수 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inedible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể ăn được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாப்பிடக்கூடாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभक्ष्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yenmez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immangiabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niejadalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неїстівними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necomestibilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βρώσιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oneetbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oätliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uspiselig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inedible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INEDIBLE»

The term «inedible» is regularly used and occupies the 79.232 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INEDIBLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inedible» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inedible» 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 inedible

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2 QUOTES WITH «INEDIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inedible.
1
Leonard Baskin
Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable.
2
Robert Winston
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible, glutinous pudding served in containers we called 'coffins.' As a vegetarian, I had a lump of loathsome cheese and some bread.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEDIBLE»

Discover the use of inedible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inedible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Consuming the Inedible: Neglected Dimensions of Food Choice
Everyday, millions of people eat earth, clay, nasal mucus, and similar substances. Yet food practices like these are strikingly understudied in a sustained, interdisciplinary manner. This book aims to correct this neglect.
Jeremy M. MacClancy, C. J. K. Henry, Jeya Henry, 2009
2
North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and ...
This is a must-have reference book for anyone interested in wild mushrooms, their uses, and their habitats. Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr. is one of the preeminent mycologists in the United States.
Orson K. Miller, Hope Miller, 2006
3
Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible
Features razor-sharp cross-sections by visual artist Rob Kesseler using special light and scanning electron microscopy to create astonishing images of a variety of fruits and the seeds they shelter.
Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler, Alexandra Papadakis, 2013
4
Current Industrial Reports: Fats and oils, production, ...
... end of month Crude4 Refined5 Inedible tallow and grease: Consumption: Inedible products Soap Feed6 Inedible tallow Greases Inedible tallow and greases n.s.k. Lubricants and similar oils Fatty acids Other inedible products Stocks, end of ...
‎1992
5
Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States
Vegetable oils, inedible, expressed— Continued CUSTOMS DISTgICTS 2244. Olive oil, sulpbured, or foots (free) 2245. Other inedible olive oil (free) 2246. Rapeseed (colza) oil (free) 2247. Sunflower seed oil, inedible (free) 2248. Faun kerne ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1938
6
Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print)
Forages, crop residues, and many of the by-products are human-inedible materials, while some of the oilmeals are potentially human-edible. These products vary widely in feeding value. Crop residues and by-products such as sugar cane ...
Wilson G. Pond, 2004
7
Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada: Including Other Inedible Fungi
Poisonous Mushrooms Of Canada is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
Joseph F. Ammirati, James Alvin Traquair, Paul A. Horgen, 1985
8
Code of Federal Regulations: LSA, list of CFR sections affected
The article may be stored in, and distributed from, the edible products department if the article is properly identified. (b) Requirements applicable when prepared in an inedible products department. When an article (including, but not being ...
‎2004
9
The storage of sweet cherries as influenced by carbon ...
Severe shriveling; dull color, severe pitting — Flavor Abnormal, inedible - do do do. Poor, moldy, inedible. Normal to flat Poor, moldy Normal (tart) Abnormal Abnormal, inedible. Normal (tart) Abnormal Abnormal, inedible Normal (tart) ... _do .
Fisk Gerhardt, Albert Lloyd Ryall, 1939
10
Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell
The smiths, who do not consider themselves or the corpses they deal with to be bad-smelling or contaminating, do not think that any of the animals they customarily eat - from donkeys to snakes - smell inedible either. Only those animals the ...
Constance Classen, David Howes, Anthony Synnott, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEDIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inedible is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Happiest Castaway - WSJ
Pounded and cooked to a “fare-thee-well,” it proved inedible. Advertisement. At last, the swell comes, head-high, then overhead. Mr. Finnegan ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
U.S. Border Patrol Broke Its Own Rules In Deporting Thousands Of …
However, thousands more remain incarcerated in facilities reported to have inedible food and freezing temperatures, and where bonds are set ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
3
1.29m tonnes of spoiled rice to be auctioned | Bangkok Post: business
The second group of 5.89 million tonnes of grade C rice comprises 4.6 million tonnes of degradable rice and 1.29 million tonnes of inedible rice ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
4
Poseur Ranks the World: Dinosaurs - And The Valley Shook
... but I have a special place in my heart for the impervious defensive design. This is the proverbial immovable object. Or at least inedible. «And the Valley Shook, Jul 15»
5
Tiny genetic tweak unlocked corn kernels during domestication …
If not for a single genetic mutation, each kernel on a juicy corn cob would be trapped inside a inedible casing as tough as a walnut shell. «Pork Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Watch chip man's verdict on New Station Fish and Chips in …
Though by no means inedible, they were a touch woody and a little inconsistent of texture and flavour – the perils of a mid-afternoon visit, ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
7
Even travelers have to eat in LA | Sonoma Index-Tribune | Sonoma …
Inedible and flown frozen, presumably because it was still extremely cold, from Maryland. The frozen bologna sandwiches the Red Cross ... «Sonoma Index-Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Governor legalizes bobcat hunting - JG-TC.com
In addition, opponents said bobcats are inedible, and they are not a threat to people or livestock. "To get the bill passed through the legislature, ... «Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, Jul 15»
9
Food for thought with Carolyn Waudby - Sheffield Telegraph
We were tired and hungry but the chicken seemed coated in thick brown varnish: inedible. And the best? A Valentine's meal of haddock, chips ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
A fair sampling of pie
There are pieces of pie that are tasty, some that are nothing to write home about, others that are just plain inedible and then there are the ... «Minot Daily News, Jul 15»

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