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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi tə bəl



Definition of eatables

Origin :
  • late 15c., from eat + -able.
  • As in sustenance : noun necessities for existence
  • As in victuals : noun food supplies
  • As in vittles : noun food
  • As in comestible : noun food
  • As in foodstuff : noun food
  • As in pap : noun food
  • As in eats : noun food
  • As in fare : noun food served at meals
  • As in food : noun edible material
Example sentences :
  • In return for this service of theirs, the crows and foxes share in all man's eatables.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • After a spell I got up and took account of stock, as you might say, of the eatables in the shanty.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But he was surprised to see the variety of eatables upon that table.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • The fellow had provided all these eatables himself in the way of business.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • We must get a supply of eatables to-night or in the morning.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
  • Many places in the city were named from eatables or other articles that were sold in them.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • We tried some of these, and found them most delicious, as indeed were all the other eatables we consumed.
  • Extract from : « To Mars via The Moon » by Mark Wicks
  • She might restrict my eatables, but I'd be hanged if I was going to have her meddle with my drinks.
  • Extract from : « Dream Days » by Kenneth Grahame
  • Calm is restored at last; the next day we get the nurses to buy us some eatables.
  • Extract from : « Sac-Au-Dos » by Joris Karl Huysmans
  • Fragments of biscuit, with other débris of eatables, not known to Indians, were evidence of this.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

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