food
/fud/ n [C/U]Definition
› something that can be taken in by an animal and used to keep it alive and allow it to grow or develop, or such things considered as a whole: [U] baby/cat food [C] There were a lot of frozen foods in the refrigerator. › Sometimes food means only the solid material eaten by animals, and not liquids: [U] He has had no food or drink for 24 hours.
(Definition of food n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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