EDIBLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of being fit to eat

Synonyms:

edibility; edibleness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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)