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eatable

ee tuh buhl

  • n  any substance that can be used as food
  • a  suitable for use as food

  • Old campaigners will appreciate Gary's admiring definition of an old soldier, later echoed by Bernard Shaw in Arms and the Man: "A man who always has something eatable in his .
  • They were doing a thriving trade, however, in everything wearable, drinkable or eatable that devoted French women thought their men at the front might like.
  • Stouffer's food is unlikely to send a gourmet into raptures, or to show much evidence of fuss, but it is inevitably eatable, usually tasty, always well-served, and priced moderately.
News & Articles

  • Go for Quinoa
    The super food quinoa was discovered four thousand years ago by the Incas. Back then, it was considered “eatable gold” because it boosted a warrior’s strength. Well, the ancients weren’t far off.
    July 11, 2013 - ThirdAge
Quotes

  • Mark Twain in See Magazine
    Mark Twain said it best: "There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How...

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