food

food  (fd)

n.

1. Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.

2. A specified kind of nourishment: breakfast food; plant food.

3. Nourishment eaten in solid form: food and drink.

4. Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment: food for thought; food for the soul.

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[Middle English fode, from Old English fda; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

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food

Noun

any substance that can be taken into the body by a living organism and changed into energy and body tissue Related adjective gastronomy [Old English fōda]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	food - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue nutrient substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man" vitellus, yolk - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" comfort food - food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals - any substance that can be used as food fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body commissariat, provisions, viands, victuals, provender - a stock or supply of foods feed, provender - food for domestic livestock manna from heaven, miraculous food, manna - (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" water - a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" soul food - food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South micronutrient - a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals) chyme - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
	2.	food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" solid food food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue leftovers - food remaining from a previous meal; "he had leftovers for dinner last night" fresh food, fresh foods - food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking convenience food - any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating chocolate - a food made from roasted ground cacao beans baked goods - foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven loaf - a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese" meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food alimentary paste, pasta - shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg health food - any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health junk food - food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value breakfast food - any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce - fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market coconut, coconut meat - the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries dika bread - somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc butter - an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use yoghourt, yoghurt, yogurt - a custard-like food made from curdled milk cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk slop - (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink; "he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided" solid - matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
	3.	food - anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking food for thought, intellectual nourishment cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned pabulum - insipid intellectual nourishment

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food

noun nourishment, cooking, provisions, fare, board, commons, table, eats (slang) stores, feed, diet, meat, bread, menu, tuck (informal) tucker Austral., N.Z. (informal) rations, nutrition, cuisine, tack (informal) refreshment, scoff (slang) nibbles, grub (slang) foodstuffs, subsistence, kai N.Z. (informal) larder, chow (informal) sustenance, nosh (slang) daily bread, victuals, edibles, comestibles, provender, nosebag (slang) pabulum (rare) nutriment, vittles (obsolete), (dialect) viands, aliment, eatables (slang) survival rations >> adjective alimentary >> noun gastronomy

Translations

food [fuːd] n → comida

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food [fuːd] n → nourriture f

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food [fuːd] n → Essen nt;

(for animals) → Futter nt;

(nourishment) → Nahrung f;

(groceries) → Lebensmittel pl

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food [fuːd] n → cibo