food

Pronunciation

• enPR: /fo͞od/, IPA ^(key): /fuːd/
• SAMPA: /fu:d/

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Noun

Singular food

Plural foods

Fruits, plants, grains, and vegetables are foods.

Meat is a type of food.

1. (countable & uncountable) Food is what people and animals eat for nutrition or pleasure when they are hungry.
   • Synonyms: grub, sustenance, snack and meal

   We grow our own food.

   He eats many foods from other lands.

   I'm going to get the children some food from the restaurant because they're hungry.

Related words

• cook
• cooked
• edible
• feed
• inedible
• raw
• uncooked
• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• vegan
• vegetarian
• drink