biteable

B3I1T1E1A1B3L1E1
/ˈbaɪtəbəl/

adjective

Capable of being bitten.

OriginMiddle English bitable →
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Meanings

adjectivebiteable (comparative more biteable, superlative most biteable)

comparative more biteable · superlative most biteable

  1. Capable of being bitten.

    The confounded stuff certainly looked of a biteable texture. Then it seemed to me that it smelt rather well. I picked up a fragment and sniffed at it.

    1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbitable
  2. Englishbiteable

From Middle English bitable, equivalent to bite + -able.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with biteable

writablefightableknightablelightablesightable
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APA

biteable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biteable

MLA

“biteable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biteable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biteable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biteable.

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