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# edible

adjective (edible)

«edible» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Edible means safe and good to eat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#m1)
2. Edible can describe something made to be eaten that usually is not, like edible glitter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and safety lessons pupils learn that some plants, berries and mushrooms are edible and others are poisonous; in cooking, edible decorations go on cakes. Phrases: «edible plants», «edible mushrooms», «not edible», «edible decorations».

### Examples

- These berries are edible, but those red ones are poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x1)
- Is the cake decoration edible? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x2)
- Some flowers, like nasturtiums, are edible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x3)
- The burnt toast was hardly edible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x4)
- We made edible slime from cornflour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x5)
- Never eat a wild mushroom unless an expert says it is edible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x6)
- The Christmas tree had edible chocolate decorations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: «inedible». Do not confuse with «eatable» (pleasant enough to eat) or «edit». Safety: you cannot tell if a wild berry or mushroom is edible by its colour or smell; ask an adult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «edible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«edible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/edible.html) on Mova free.