What does comestible mean?

edible; eatable
adjective. edible; eatable. noun. Usually comestibles. articles of food; edibles: The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.

What is another word for comestibles?

In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for comestible, like: eatable, esculent, provisions, nourishment, ingestion, food, victual, edible, aliment, bread and fare.

What languages are comestibles?

French
Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“I eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”).

What is Commissariat?

Definition of commissariat 1 : a system for supplying an army with food. 2 : food supplies. 3 [borrowed from Russian komissariat, borrowed from German Kommissariat, borrowed from Medieval Latin commissāriātus] : a government department in the Soviet Union until 1946. 4 : a board of commissioners.

What does provender mean in English?

Definition of provender 1 : dry food for domestic animals : feed. 2 : food, victuals.

What is another word for pyrogen?

•igneous (noun) igneous.

What’s pottage mean?

a thick soup of
Definition of pottage : a thick soup of vegetables and often meat.

What’s the nicest word?

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What does Lumbersome mean?

lumbering or awkwardness
lumbersome (comparative more lumbersome, superlative most lumbersome) Marked or characterised by lumbering or awkwardness; cumbrous quotations ▼

What is a foot soldier slang?

The foot soldiers of a particular organization are people who seem unimportant and who do not have a high position but who do a large amount of very important and often very boring work.

Why are infantry called grunts?

For the soldiers who served in the Vietnam War, the word grunt was not just a nickname but also a commentary on their status in the hierarchy of war. To be a grunt was to be in the infantry. It meant leaping out of helicopters into landing zones that were sometimes under enemy fire.