| 单词 | comestible |
| 释义 | comestible (once / 39530 pages) adjn Anything that you could possibly use for food is a comestible, a synonym of "edible." It can be used as a noun ("We shopped for comestibles") or an adjective ("It looked awful, but was comestible"). The word comestible, a rather formal-sounding word for food, has its roots in the Latin word comedere, which means "to eat up." Since comestible shares a background with the word consume, you will hopefully remember its meaning. Comestible was first recorded in the 15th century, and it bounced around as an adjective before becoming a noun in the 19th century. WORD FAMILYcomestible: comestibles USAGE EXAMPLESWithout the EU’s legal framework, British producers would have to rely on local laws to protect their comestibles at home. Economist(Sep 15, 2016) I’d asked, repeatedly, for a better look at his process of culling and preparing the comestibles. The New Yorker(Aug 22, 2016) Rain was forecast on Monday, so they left the chairs and comestibles at home. Washington Post(May 30, 2016) 1adj suitable for use as food Syn|Ant eatable, 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 eatable, 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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