food
noun
any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
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Your loneliness and your foodlessness, my dear Louis, bring tears to my eyes.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry