foodstuff

[ food-stuhf ]

/ ˈfudˌstʌf /

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noun

a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.

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Origin of foodstuff

First recorded in 1870–75; food + stuff

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Examples from the Web for foodstuff

Lobsters as a foodstuff have gone in and out of vogue numerous times over the past four centuries.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered|Scott Bixby|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition to the use of protein as a growth food it has another use which no other kind of foodstuff can share.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin
This fact places the nut in an exceedingly important position as a foodstuff.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the|Various
I refused all my food and was making an imposing collection of bowls of foodstuff.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney

And, lastly, the liquorice dance, which expresses an extraordinary contempt for that foodstuff.
My Little Boy|Carl Ewald
"The foodstuff of an empire rattling o'er the stones," he said.
Windy McPherson's Son|Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for foodstuff

foodstuff

/ (ˈfuːdˌstʌf) /

noun

any material, substance, etc, that can be used as food

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Word Origin and History for foodstuff

foodstuff

1870, from food + stuff (n.). Related: Foodstuffs.

foodstuff

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foodstuff

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