1 [U] things that people or animals eat:
a shortage of food / food shortages * food and drink * the food industry
2 [C,U] a particular type of food:
Do you like Italian food? * frozen foods * a can of dog food (= for a dog to eat) * He's off his food (= he does not want to eat anything).
seealsoCONVENIENCEFOOD, FASTFOOD, HEALTHFOOD, JUNKFOOD, SEAFOOD, SOULFOOD, WHOLEFOOD
IDIOMS
food for thought an idea that makes you think seriously and carefully:
The programme certainly provides plenty of food for thought.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for food is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is food a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, food is tagged as noun.
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