| Noun | 1. | foodstuff - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocerconsumer goods - goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption greengrocery - groceries sold by a greengrocer packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| 2. | foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as foodstarches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) breadstuff - flour or meal or grain used in baking bread coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring - a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes" concentrate - a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water meal - coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse roughage, fiber - coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis flour - fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain frozen food, frozen foods - food preserved by freezing dehydrated food, dehydrated foods - food preserved by dehydration carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, carob - powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings cocoa - powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" dairy product - milk and butter and cheese milk - any of several nutritive milklike liquids curd - a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd" concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" juice - the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking perishable, spoilable - food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated |