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US
/ˈfud/
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[ UK /fˈuːd/ ]
[ UK /fˈuːd/ ]
NOUN
- any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
- anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
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any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
food and drink
How To Use food In A Sentence
- When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
- According to the EPA, fish at the top of the aquatic food chain bioaccumulate methylmercury to a level approximately 1 million to 10 million times greater than dissolved concentrations found in surrounding waters. Field and Stream Report: The Truth about Mercury and the Fish You Eat
- While on the elimination diet, try to avoid hanging on to a few favourite foods and eating only those. The Allergy Handbook
- A lot of the foods that we connect with African-Americans, whether totemically, whether positively or negatively, are indeed and in fact foods from the continent. NPR Topics: News
- By contrast, when Procter & Gamble, the makers of Olestra, asked the FDA for permission to add its artificial fat substitute to potato chips, the controversial product was evaluated under food-additive laws.
- There are few food topics that arouse as much emotion as fish and chips. Times, Sunday Times
- Don't bolt your food down like that; it's rude.
- Avoid unhealthy foods such as hamburger and chips.
- A man hurls junk food at unsuspecting members of the public. Times, Sunday Times
- The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.