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noun
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A foodstuff, a type of food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: belly-timber, foodstuff, provender
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anything that nourishes or sustains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: nutrient
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: substance
Narrower terms: yolk, vitellus, comfort food, comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals, fare, foodstuff, food product, nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, feed, miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water, soul food, micronutrient, chyme, culture medium, medium
noun
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: food for thought, intellectual nourishment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: pabulum
noun
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: solid food
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solid
Narrower terms: leftovers, fresh food, fresh foods, convenience food, chocolate, baked goods, loaf, meat, pasta, alimentary paste, health food, junk food, breakfast food, produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck, coconut, coconut meat, dika bread, fish, seafood, butter, yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt, cheese, slop
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh2-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh2- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.
Across languages
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