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food

[fu̟(ː)d]noun1 syllable

Food means: anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking.

Synonyms for food19

noun, as in anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

food for thought, intellectual nourishment

noun, as in any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

nutrient

noun, as in any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment

solid food

also used for food

belly-timber, chow, comestible, eats, feed, fodder, foodstuff, grub, nosh, nourishment, provender, Synonyms: see Thesaurus:food, aliment, bait, comestibles

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What does food mean?3

noun

1

anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

2

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

3

any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment“food and drink”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with food?31

one syllable

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Show 40 near rhymes
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All 31 rhymes for food, grouped by syllable

Food in a sentence

  • Before forks and chopsticks, people usually ate food with a piece of flat bread.CM
  • They did not have permanent homes, so they did not plant crops for food.CK
  • Just as food feeds the body, so reading feeds the mind.Swift
  • The food is very good, and the same is true of the service.sundown
  • Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.corvard
  • Air, like food, is a basic human need.Zifre
  • In the matter of food and clothing, we are pretty well off.CK
  • The food is good, and service is good here.kroko

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Forms of food

as a noun

plural
foods