eatable

Adjective

 * 1) Able to be eaten; edible.

Usage notes
Rather informal, and sometimes proscribed by authorities. is the usual term, and much more frequent, while is relatively formal.

More narrowly, used to describe food that can be eaten, but is not of very high quality.

Noun

 * 1)  Anything edible; food.
 * 2) * 1890,, , Part One, at p.45 (Canongate Books Ltd. 2016 paperback edition), Sverre Lyngstad translation:
 * Someplace in the Hegdehaugen area I stopped outside a grocer's where some food was displayed in the window. A cat lay asleep beside a round loaf of white bread, and just behind it was a bowl of lard and several jars of oats. I stood eyeing these eatables a while, but since I didn't have anything to buy with I turned away from them and continued my tramp.
 * 1) * 1890,, , Part One, at p.45 (Canongate Books Ltd. 2016 paperback edition), Sverre Lyngstad translation:
 * Someplace in the Hegdehaugen area I stopped outside a grocer's where some food was displayed in the window. A cat lay asleep beside a round loaf of white bread, and just behind it was a bowl of lard and several jars of oats. I stood eyeing these eatables a while, but since I didn't have anything to buy with I turned away from them and continued my tramp.
 * Someplace in the Hegdehaugen area I stopped outside a grocer's where some food was displayed in the window. A cat lay asleep beside a round loaf of white bread, and just behind it was a bowl of lard and several jars of oats. I stood eyeing these eatables a while, but since I didn't have anything to buy with I turned away from them and continued my tramp.