English > food: 3 senses > noun 1, Tops| Meaning | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. |
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| Synonym | nutrient |
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| Parts | food, solid food | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
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| Narrower | beverage, drink, drinkable, potable | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking |
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| chyme | A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum |
| comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals | Any substance that can be used as food |
| comfort food | Food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing |
| commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals | A stock or supply of foods |
| culture medium, medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid / liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
| fare | The food and drink that are regularly served or consumed |
| feed, provender | Food for domestic livestock |
| foodstuff, food product | A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
| micronutrient | A substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals) |
| miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven | (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites / Israelites during the Exodus |
| nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals | A source of materials to nourish the body |
| soul food | Food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South |
| water | A liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants |
| yolk, vitellus | nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) |
| Broader | substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
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| Spanish | alimento, alimentos, comida, nutriente, nutrimento, sustento |
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| Catalan | aliment, menjar, nutrient, sustent |
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English > food: 3 senses > noun 2, food| Meaning | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment. |
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| Example | "food and drink" |
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| Synonym | solid food |
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| Part of | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
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| Narrower | baked goods | Foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven |
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| breakfast food | Any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast |
| butter | An edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream |
| cheese | A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk |
| chocolate | A food made from roasted ground cacao beans |
| coconut, coconut meat | The edible white meat of a coconut |
| convenience food | Any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating |
| dika bread | Somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango |
| fish | The flesh of fish used as food |
| fresh food, fresh foods | Food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking |
| 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 |
| leftovers | Food remaining from a previous meal |
| loaf | A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape |
| meat | The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
| pasta, alimentary paste | shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg |
| produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck | Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
| seafood | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc |
| slop | (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink |
| yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt | A custard-like food made from curdled milk |
| Broader | solid | Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
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| Spanish | alimento, comida |
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| Catalan | aliment, menjar |
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