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baby food

American  

noun

  1. food, as vegetables, fruits, or meat, puréed or minced for easy ingestion by infants.


Etymology

Origin of baby food

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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She bought a special recipe book to make her own organic baby food and stocked the nursery with aesthetically pleasing, developmentally appropriate books and building blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Police in Austria have warned about potentially poisoned HiPP baby food circulating in the country, after a sample of the brand's purée tested positive for rat poison.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

If the same apples were sold as processed baby food, 93 percent of the samples would be banned, PAN Europe said, as their pesticide residues exceed the stricter limits set for children under three.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

As payment for losing—Maples gave birth to a daughter, Tiffany, in October 1993—Epstein wrote that he sent Trump a truckload of baby food worth $10,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

We talked about making baby food and finding day care.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

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