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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
food    Audio Help   [food] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
2.more or less solid nourishment, as distinguished from liquids.
3.a particular kind of solid nourishment: a breakfast food; dog food.
4.whatever supplies nourishment to organisms: plant food.
5.anything serving for consumption or use: food for thought.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME fode, OE fōda; cf. OE fédan, Goth fōdjan to feed; cf. fodder1, foster]

—Related forms
foodless, adjective
food·less·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. nutriment, aliment, bread, sustenance, victuals; meat, viands; diet, menu. Food, fare, provisions, ration(s) all refer to nutriment. Food is the general word: Breakfast foods have become very popular. Many animals prefer grass as food. Fare refers to the whole range of foods that may nourish a person or animal: an extensive bill of fare; The fare of some animals is limited in range. Provisions is applied to a store or stock of necessary things, esp. food, prepared beforehand: provisions for a journey. Ration implies an allotment or allowance of provisions: a daily ration for each man of a company. Rations often means food in general: to be on short rations.
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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  food
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Something fit to be eaten.
Synonyms:  aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision, sustenance, victual
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  food
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  That which sustains the mind or spirit.
Synonyms:  aliment, bread, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, pap, sustenance
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Source

food: see diet; frozen foods; nutrition; vitamin.

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