noun
Meaning 1
The alimentary canal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
foodway
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CMU ARPABET: F UW1 D W EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The food traditions or customs of a group of people, including their culinary and nutritional practices and related social aspects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From food + way. Sense of "alimentary canal" modelled after airway.