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(n)
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
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A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
One who feeds, or gives food to another.
(figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
(slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
An item of food eaten between meals.
(adj)
Of or pertaining to gastronomy.
Anything edible.
The art of preparing and eating good food.
(colloquial) Food.
The act of ingesting food.
A person or animal who eats.
food prepared for domestic pet animals
(dated) Food, especially for livestock.
Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
(Midwestern US, Canadian Prairies, Atlantic Canada, South Africa) Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition.
Something that nourishes; food.
Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
(of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.
Eating dinner as a social function.
The business of providing food and related services.
The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
A room or area for preparing food.
An act or instance of foraging.
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
(colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).
(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
A product or commodity from agriculture.
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
(UK, dated) A regulated diet.
The act of eating, drinking or using.
The practice of following a diet.
(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
The act of searching for food or other items.
(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
That which nourishes; nutriment.
Of or pertaining to nutrition.
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
(somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
A number of places in England:
(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
The quantity taken in.
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
A need or compelling desire for food.
Transmitted through food.
British standard spelling of fueling.
An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
(uncountable, slang) Food.
consumption; the process by which something is consumed
(now poetic) Morning.
(countable) The process of charging (an electrical device) again.
One of the major varieties of Chinese, spoken in Jiangxi province.
A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
One who arrives.
a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
The ability to do or undergo something.
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
(sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
Something that provides support or nourishment.
A lack of adequate nourishment.
The act of producing, making or creating something.
Physical matter; material.
The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
(biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
(law, sometimes derogatory) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
(countable) An amount of something supplied.
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
(Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government.
A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.
(usually countable, usually in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.
An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class
Obsolete form of restoration. [The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.]
A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.