单词 | eatable |
释义 | eatable (once / 3554 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY eatable: eatables, uneatable+/eat: ate, eatable, eaten, eater, eatery, eating, eats, overeat/eater: eaters/eatery: eateries/eating: eatings/overeat: overeating, overeats/uneatable: uneatably USAGE EXAMPLESWhite men and women drank, chain-smoked, munched pretzels and other eatables, gossiped eagerly and played darts. Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography(1986) His estate, however, remained unscathed by the skirmish, except for the loss of some hay, “eatables” and a valuable ox. Washington Post(Jun 02, 2015) OK, this is actually a tip for making bad wine eatable. Time(Jul 18, 2014) 1adj suitable for use as food Syn|Ant comestible, edible killable fit to kill, especially for food non-poisonous, nonpoisonous, nontoxicsafe to eat pareve, parvecontaining no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism digestiblecapable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal palatable, toothsomeacceptable to the taste or mind tendereasy to cut or chew inedible, uneatable not suitable for food poisonousnot safe to eat indigestibledigested with difficulty unpalatablenot pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind toughresistant to cutting or chewing 2n any substance that can be used as food Syn|Hypo|Hyper comestible, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals tuck eatables (especially sweets) food, nutrient any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
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