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Synonyms & Antonyms for edible
Synonyms: Adjective
comestible, eatable, eating, esculent
Antonyms: Adjective
inedible, nonedible, uneatable
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Examples of edible in a Sentence
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a plant with edible leaves All of the decorations on the gingerbread house were edible.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Pastry Chef Chris Ford from Butter Love and Hard Work created edible, juicy-looking candy gummy lips in colors that correspond with each perfume bottle. — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, "Everything to Know About Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner's First KKW Fragrance Collaboration," 21 Aug. 2019 Devine is quite high, having posted up for the weekend with the rest of the judges to try every single entrant of pot, edible, oil, preroll, drink, and vape pen. — Amanda Chicago Lewis, The Verge, "Big Alcohol is pouring," 30 July 2019 In the United States, advocates have long called for manufacturers to stop labeling food with expiration dates, which are not governed by federal safety regulations and often encourage people to throw away still-edible food. — David Yaffe-bellany, New York Times, "Drink a Pint, Waste Less Food," 3 July 2019 Hemp’s many champions see thousands of commercial uses for it, from paper to cloth to edible seeds to the therapeutic oil. — John Maccormack, ExpressNews.com, "Hemp rush begins on West Texas farms," 29 June 2019 Cellulose and starch are both edible, so homemade paper can be, too. — Scientific American, "Put Edible Paper to the Test," 18 July 2019 Now, fruits and vegetables that aren’t attractive enough for grocery store shelves — but edible and tasty just the same — have a new purpose. — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, "Cosmetically challenged produce, delivered straight to your door," 15 July 2019 This brewery is fighting food waste by making discarded (but perfectly edible) cereal into beer. — Catherine Kim, Vox, "Vox Sentences: Turning off the red lights," 6 July 2019 Some are barely edible, such as wild black cherry, whose wood makes wonderful lumber, and chokecherry. — Washington Post, "There are many types of sweet or tart cherries you can grow," 2 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'edible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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