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Definition of Comestible
1. Noun. Any substance that can be used as food.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Specialized synonyms: Tuck
Derivative terms: Victual, Victual, Victual
2. Adjective. Suitable for use as food.
Similar to: Killable, Non-poisonous, Nonpoisonous, Nontoxic, Pareve, Parve
Also: Digestible, Palatable, Toothsome, Tender
Derivative terms: Edibility, Edibleness
Antonyms: Inedible
Definition of Comestible
1. a. Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
2. n. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.
Definition of Comestible
1. Adjective. Suitable to be eaten; edible. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comestible
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comestible
Literary usage of Comestible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1808)
"... animal and comestible Substances, preserved without Acid, Salt or Drying, ...
animal and other comestible substances, in a sweet, palatable and ..."
2. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... commander-tn-chief Commande, sf. order for good.4 Cum mandement, sin.
commandment comestible, adj. eatable [cards L Commodité, sf. commodity, advantage, ..."
3. Diet and Dietetics by Armand Gautier, Alfred James Rice-Oxley (1906)
"Here is the average analysis of the comestible beetroot :— Water . ... Vor ordinary
alimentation and for invalids some comestible flours, of which I will ..."
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