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co⋅mes⋅ti⋅ble
[kuh-mes-tuh-buh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | edible; eatable. |
–noun
| 2. | Usually, comestibles. articles of food; edibles: The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles. |
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| co·mes·ti·ble (kə-měs'tə-bəl) adj. Fit to be eaten; edible. n. Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles. [French, from Old French, from Late Latin comēstibilis, from Latin comēstus, alteration (influenced by pōtus, drunk) of comēsus, past participle of comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.] |
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