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noun
A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: grocery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consumer goods
Narrower terms: greengrocery, packaged goods
noun
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: food product
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food, nutrient
Narrower terms: starches, breadstuff, coloring, colouring, food coloring, food colouring, food color, food colour, concentrate, meal, roughage, fiber, flour, frozen food, frozen foods, canned food, canned foods, canned goods, tinned goods, dehydrated food, dehydrated foods, carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, tapioca, cocoa, grain, food grain, cereal, ingredient, fixings, egg, eggs, dairy product, milk, curd, concoction, mixture, intermixture, juice, perishable, spoilable
History
Compound of food + stuff.
Across languages
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
