food
any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
more or less solid nourishment, as distinguished from liquids.
a particular kind of solid nourishment: a breakfast food; dog food.
whatever supplies nourishment to organisms: plant food.
anything serving for consumption or use: food for thought.
Origin of food
1synonym study For food
Other words for food
1 | nutriment, aliment, bread, sustenance, victuals; meat, viands; diet, menu |
Other words from food
- foodless, adjective
- food·less·ness, noun
- non·food, noun, adjective
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How to use food in a sentence
The idea was to identify what they are and apply them to different snacks, beverages, and foods.
Even the brief time spent chewing exposes foods to enzymes that begin to break it down.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRelated: Low-Calorie Foods That Will Actually Fill You Up 3.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work | DailyBurn | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe government identifies false truffles and more than 200 other kinds of foods grizzlies may have eaten.
And, if these alternative foods were indeed similar in food value to pine nuts, why are the bears not already wolfing them down?
The enemy liked time for foods and the Belgians crippled by the loss of that earlier train, were husbanding their ammunition.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartThere was a mingled odour of foods, piping hot, and over all the grateful aroma from half a dozen coffee-pots.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithForbidding nitrogenous foods has been a favorite formula with some and they straightway advised milk, which is highly nitrogenous.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawProteins of all our common foods are now obtainable in the drug trade put up in tiny capsules ready for the test.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawWe are far from knowing just what happens when we pour acids and alkalies and foods into this witches' cauldron of blood.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick Laidlaw
British Dictionary definitions for food
/ (fuːd) /
any substance containing nutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, that can be ingested by a living organism and metabolized into energy and body tissue: Related adjective: alimentary
nourishment in more or less solid form as opposed to liquid form: food and drink
anything that provides mental nourishment or stimulus: food for thought
Origin of food
1Derived forms of food
- foodless, adjective
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