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New Hope Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Synonyms for food

Please write three closest synonyms of "food."
  

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Can you provide a sentence or describe the context you have in mind?
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No, there is no sentence. It is list of words with synonyms.
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"Edible" is an adjective, not a noun. But in the link above, it is written "edibles", How is it possible? Similarly people write "eatables" which is also wrong.
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haroon rashid"Edible" is an adjective, not a noun. But in the link above, it is written "edibles", How is it possible?
Click on it and you'll see that "edibles" can work as a noun.
haroon rashidSimilarly people write "eatables" which is also wrong.
The website clearly indicates that use is informal.
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victuals, sustenance, comestibles, chow, fodder
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it is really confusing that the Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary and also the following Oxford link describe "edible" as an adjective.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/edible?q=edible
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haroon rashid It is really confusing
Don't be confused.
The word "edible" is an adjective and only an adjective! It is commonly used.

However, the uncommon word "edibles" can be used as a noun, in certain contexts, to mean food items as outlined on that website.

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