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comestible

noun/kəˈmestɪbl/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister

An item of food; something suitable to be eaten.

The hamper held every comestible one could want for a lavish picnic.

Similar: victual, edible, provision

Origin: From Late Latin 'comestibilis', from 'comedere', to eat up.

Topic: food in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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