Food

Noun

 * 1)  Any substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
 * The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
 * 1)  Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
 * That is food for thought.
 * 1)  A foodstuff.
 * This shop stocks many hundreds of different foods.

Synonyms

 * chow, eats, feed , fodder , foodstuffs, nosh , nourishment, sustenance, victuals
 * brainfood
 * foodstuff

Derived terms

 * cat food
 * dog food
 * fast food
 * food chain
 * food fight
 * food for thought


 * food pyramid
 * food stamp
 * foodstuff
 * foody
 * health food
 * junk food


 * rabbit food
 * seafood
 * soul food
 * whole food

Related terms

 * feed
 * fodder

Adjectives for Food
unwholesome; essential; wholesome; synthetic; spiritual; health; celestial; unsating; best; marvelous; intellectual; digestible; exceptional; repulsive; abundant; nutritious; natural; precious; unscrupulous; untasted; leathery; toothsome; heedful; unusual; attractive;  delicious;  inferior;  unsavory; highly-spiced; concentrated; smoking; inedible; nectar; canned; adulterated; medicinal; palatable; enjoyable; protective; sat¬isfying; superb; substantial; desirable; piscatorial; frosted; frozen; tonic; out-of-sea-son; obnoxious; packaged; non-fattening; tempting; accustomed; rejuvenating; cheapest; sharp-tasting; execrable; inadequate; concentrated; well-cooked; raw; fundamental; automatic; elaborate; ambrosia]; plenteous; delectable; scanty; superb; assimilated; vitalizing; luscious; world-famous; choice; dainty; tasty; good; fine; appetizing; excellent; splendid; inspired; insufficient.

Verbs for Food
absorb—; accumulate—; anoint—; assimilate—; bolt—; brown—; consume—; contaminate—; convey—; crave—; deprive of —; devitalize—; dilute—; dispense—; dole out—; expel—; flavor—; forage for—; freight—; masticate—; munch—; order—; partake of—; peptonize—; predigest—; prescribe—; puke—; purvey—; ration—; refine—; requisition—; restrict—; season—; shovel down—; snatch at—; sniff—; subsist on—; vomit—; withdraw—; wolf—; —agrees with; —decreases; —ferments; — irritates; —putrefies; —sustains; —upsets.

Thesaurus
aliment, bread, chow, comestibles, commons, eatables, eats, edibles, feed, foodstuff, foodstuffs, grub, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, pabulum, pap, provender, provisions, rations, scoff, subsistence, sustenance, tuck, viands, victuals

Etymology
From fode:, from  foda:, from, from. Cognate with Föde:,  føde:,  föda:,  fæða:, fæði:,  panis:,  pasco:. Related to,.

Translations

 * Acholi: cam
 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian: ushqim, ushqime
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:, مأكل
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Basque: janari
 * Belarusian: харчаванне
 * Breton: boued, bouedoù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: menjar, aliment
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: aş
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: potrava, jídlo
 * Danish: ,
 * Darkinjung:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Fijian: kakana
 * Filipino: pagkain
 * Finnish:
 * French: nourriture, alimentation , manger, bouffe
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, , φαΐ
 * Guaraní: embi'u (t-)
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: אכל, מזון
 * Hindi: खाना, भोजन
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: matur, fæði
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: makanan, pangan
 * Interlingua: alimento
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 食べ物, 食物, 食料, 飯, 食品,  餌
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khasi:
 * Korean: 음식 (飮食)
 * Kuna: masi


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: خوارده‌مه‌نی, چێشت
 * Lao:
 * Latin:, , esca, cibaria, alimentum, pulmentum
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: ആഹാരം (aahaaram), ഭക്ഷണം (bhakshaNam)
 * Manx: bee
 * Maori:
 * Meru:
 * Nahuatl: itaca
 * Navajo:
 * Nepali:
 * Norfuk:
 * Norwegian: mat, føde, næring
 * Persian: غذا
 * Pitjantjatjara: mai
 * Polish: jedzenie, pożywienie
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: biadh
 * Serbian: (hrana)
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pagkain
 * Telugu: ఆహారం (aahaaraM), తిండి (tiMDi)
 * Thai: อาหาร
 * Tupinambá: emi'u (t-)
 * Turkish: yiyecek,,  besin
 * Ukrainian: їжа, харчування
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: thức ăn
 * Volapük: fid
 * West Frisian: fiedsel
 * !Xóõ: ʻâã


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Luhya:


 * Macedonian:
 * Meru:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: pagkain


 * Crimean Tatar: aş
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: τρόφιμα
 * Icelandic: matvara, matvæli
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: cibus, alimentum


 * Latvian: pārtikas prece, pārtikas produkts
 * Nahuatl: itaca
 * Norfuk:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * doof
 * oodf