English > nourishment: 2 senses > noun 1, foodMeaning | A source of materials to nourish the body. |
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Synonyms | nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals |
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Narrower | course | Part of a meal served at one time |
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dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat | Something considered choice to eat |
dish | A particular item of prepared food |
fast food | inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly |
finger food | Food to be eaten with the fingers |
ingesta | Solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth |
kosher | Food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law |
meal, repast | The food served and eaten at one time |
mess | Soft semiliquid food |
milk | produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young |
mince | Food chopped into small bits |
puree | Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender |
stodge | Heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food |
vitamin | Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism |
wheat germ | embryo of the wheat kernel |
Broader | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
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Spanish | alimentación, alimento, comida, nutrición, nutriente, nutrientes, nutrimento, sustento |
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Catalan | aliment, menjar, nutrient, sustent |
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Verbs | nourish | provide with nourishment |
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