Words about words

You eat food when you put it in your mouth, chew it and then swallow it. People generally cut their food up with a knife and fork before they eat it.
You can also eat food with a spoon, chopsticks or your fingers.

Something is edible if you can eat it and it isn't dangerous. Many things that we don't normally have at mealtimes are edible, such as flowers and leaves of some garden and wild plants.

Something is elaborate if it has been made with great care and with lots of intricate detail. The vase in the picture is quite elaborate.
The opposite of elaborate is simple.

Someone is elderly if they are in their older age. Elderly is a politer way of saying old.

Elves is the plural of elf.

Emotional means anything to do with the emotions.More commonly, it means someone who is prone to emotional extremes, mood swings, or describes something that provokes a strong emotional response. For example, "that film is very emotional".

Something is empty if there is nothing inside. The room in the picture is empty.

Something is encrusted if it is covered in a layer of something else. Usually when you talk about something being encrusted, the layer is made up of lots of small things. Some expensive jewelry is encrusted with diamonds, and the rock in the picture is encrusted with barnacles.

Enormous is another word for huge. The boy in the picture thinks the horse is enormous.

Something erupts when it throws something out with great force, for example when lava erupts from a volcano.