EDIBLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does edibleness mean? 

• EDIBLENESS (noun)
  The noun EDIBLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of being fit to eat

  Familiarity information: EDIBLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDIBLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being fit to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

edibility; edibleness

Hypernyms ("edibleness" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edibleness"):

digestibility; digestibleness (the property of being easy to digest)

indigestibility; indigestibleness (the property of being difficult to digest)

Derivation:

edible (suitable for use as food)