foodstuff
[food-stuhf]
- a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.
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Origin of foodstuff
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Related Words
fodder, grub, aliment, provender, sustenance, groceries, staple, pabulum, comestible, fare, nutrition, provisions, nourishment, provision, edible, victuals, nutriment, viands, viand, ediblesExamples from the Web for foodstuff
Contemporary Examples
Lobsters as a foodstuff have gone in and out of vogue numerous times over the past four centuries.
Historical Examples
In the production of this foodstuff the country ranks third, and as a wheat-grower fifth.
ArgentinaW. A. Hirst
Explain the difference between a food material and a foodstuff.
Foods and Household ManagementHelen Kinne
"The foodstuff of an empire rattling o'er the stones," he said.
Windy McPherson's SonSherwood Anderson
What did you do with that foodstuff you took out of the pack there?
The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber ThievesClaude A. Labelle
So we can readily see that there is an enormous waste of foodstuff.
foodstuff
- any material, substance, etc, that can be used as food
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