edible

Other forms of edible

plural

edibles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about edible

What does edible mean?

edible means "any substance that can be used as food". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in edible?

edible has 3 syllables: ed-i-ble. The stress falls on "ed". In IPA it is /ˈɛdəbəl/.

What is another word for edible?

Close synonyms include comestible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of edible?

The recorded antonyms are inedible.

Is edible a common word?

edible is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.