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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foodnoun

    Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.

    That is food for thought.

    Synonyms:
    brainfood

  2. foodnoun

    A foodstuff.

    This shop stocks many hundreds of different foods.

    Synonyms:
    foodstuff

  3. foodnoun

    Synonyms:
    sustenance, feed, nourishment, nosh, victuals, foodstuff, chow, fodder, eats, comestible

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. food

    Food is, in the popular sense, whatever one eats in contradistinction to what one drinks. Thus, we speak of food and drink, of wholesome, unwholesome, or indigestible food; but in a more scientific sense whatever, when taken into the digestive organs, serves to build up structure or supply waste may be termed food; the word is extended to plants to signify whatever taken in any way into the organism serves similar purposes; thus, we speak of liquid food, plant food, etc.; in this wider sense food is closely synonymous with nutriment, nourishment, and sustenance. Diet refers to the quantity and quality of food habitually taken, with reference to preservation of health. Victuals is a plain, homely word for whatever may be eaten; we speak of choice viands, cold victuals. Nourishment and sustenance apply to whatever can be introduced into the system as a means of sustaining life; we say of a convalescent, he is taking nourishment. Nutriment and nutrition have more of scientific reference to the vitalizing principles of various foods; thus, wheat is said to contain a great amount of nutriment. Regimen considers food as taken by strict rule, but applies more widely to the whole ordering of life. Fare is a general word for all table supplies, good or bad; as, sumptuous fare; wretched fare. Feed, fodder, and provender are used only of the food of the lower animals, feed denoting anything consumed, but more commonly grain, fodder denoting hay, cornstalks, or the like, sometimes called "long feed;" provender is dry feed, whether grain or hay, straw, etc. Forage denotes any kind of food suitable for horses and cattle, primarily as obtained by a military force in scouring the country, especially an enemy's country.

    Synonyms:
    aliment, diet, fare, feed, fodder, forage, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, regimen, sustenance, viands, victuals

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. food, nutrientnoun

    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

    Synonyms:
    solid food, intellectual nourishment, food for thought, nutrient

  2. food, solid foodnoun

    any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

    "food and drink"

    Synonyms:
    solid food, intellectual nourishment, food for thought, nutrient

  3. food, food for thought, intellectual nourishmentnoun

    anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

    Synonyms:
    solid food, intellectual nourishment, food for thought, nutrient

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  1. Tracy Stewart:

    Gemma Allen says. To keep your relationship as blissful as possible, talk about how you ’ll split expenses such as rent, food and utilities, along with unexpected items such as car repairs or if a baby comes along. Consider opening a joint bank account in addition to your regular accounts to pay for shared expenses. You may not want to split every expense either, so decide what will be kept separate and if you ’ll want to discuss individual purchases over a certain dollar limit. Since you may cohabitate for a long time or eventually marry, talk about short - and long-term financial goals. Think about the financial impact of these goals and how you ’ll work together to achieve them, save for shared goals in separate accounts and contribute the amount that Gemma Allen agree Gemma Allen can each afford.

  2. Laura Cobb:

    We don’t have any real comprehensive restrictions on marketing, particularly of unhealthy food. And we certainly don’t have front tables, although it has been discussed.

  3. Assyrian Proverb:

    The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.

  4. Dijana Djokovic:

    It's so dirty and the food is so terrible, it's just not fair. It's not human.

  5. Ebele Enunwa:

    Nigerians love their local meals and that's our strong point, in fact we are a Nigerian menu quick service restaurant. People like the fact that they can walk in and find food they grew up on -- food they prepare and eat at home and have grown accustomed to.


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