English > sustenance: 3 senses > noun 1, food| Meaning | A source of materials to nourish the body. |
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| Synonyms | nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, 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 | sustain | provide with nourishment |
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