food
noun [C or U] /fuːd/Definition
A1 something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep them alive: baby food cat food plant food There was lots of food and drink at the party. I'm allergic to certain foods.Food - general words
(Definition of food noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Food - general words, but you might be interested in these topics from the Food topic area:
- Additives in food & drinks
- Beans & pulses
- Biscuits
- Bread
- Cakes
- Cereals
- Cheese
- Cuts of meat
- Dairy products & eggs
- Edible & inedible
- Fats & oils in food & cooking
- Fish & seafood
- Flavours & tastes
- Flavours - spicy
- Flavours - sweet
- Flour & yeast
- Forms of potatoes as food
- Herbs & spices
- Jams & spreads
- Kinds of meat
- Meat - general words
- Not pleasant to eat or drink
- Organs eaten as meat
- Pancakes & batter
- Pasta
- Pastry & pies
- Pleasant to eat or drink
- Prepared salads
- Puddings, desserts & ices
- S&wiches & snacks
- Sauces, dressings, dips & pickles
- Sausages, burgers & stuffings
- Savoury dishes
- Soups
- Sugar & sugar substitutes
- Sweets
- Types of edible nut
- Types of fruit
- Types of vegetable
- Various qualities of food
- Vitamins & minerals
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “food”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- bed noun (BOTTOM)
- chow noun
- comestibles noun
- comfort food noun
- concoction noun
- diabetic adjective
- fibre noun (FOOD)
- grocer noun
- grocery noun (FOOD)
- health food noun
- helping noun
- hospitality noun
- pap noun (FOOD)
- roughage noun
- scrap noun (SMALL PIECE)
- serving noun
- shelf life noun
- stodge noun
- superfood noun
- tuck noun (FOOD)
Topic:
Food - general words
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
