Meaning & use
eatable
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Fit or safe to be eaten; edible.
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After trimming the bruised parts, the apple was still perfectly eatable.
Not everything that grows in the wild is eatable.
A note on using this word
'Edible' is far more common in modern usage; 'eatable' can sound slightly informal or old-fashioned by comparison.
Words with a similar meaning
ediblepalatable
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Words with an opposite meaning
inedible
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