devourableadj.
Capable of being devoured; consumable.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > edible
conceivablec1443
serviceablea1475
comestible1483
eatable1483
consumable1547
receptible1574
meatable1577
consumptible1579
devourable1603
food-fit1608
edible1611
manducable1614
esculent1626
cibarious1656
mandible1656
deglutible1661
eduliousa1682
edule1699
swallowable1818
christena1838
touchable1845
munchable1868
gorgeable1883
noshable1966
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > destroyed > capable of being destroyed
destroyable1552
devourable1603
destructible1755
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 116 A clear and undebauch'd appetite renders every thing sweet and delightful to a sound body, and devourable.
1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 602 Fier burnes vp..such as is deuourable by it.
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 2 Any papers or other goods devourable by them are put up in chests of this wood.
1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 335 The editors..seized on the devourable parts, and gave both islands a feast.
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