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Old English fōda, from Proto-Germanic *fōdon (compare Low German Föde, Old High German vatēn 'pasture', fatunga 'food', Gothic fōdeins), from Proto-Indo-European *pati- 'to feed' (compare Hittite paĥĥši 'to protect', Old Irish aínches 'bread basket', Welsh pawr 'meadow', Latin pābulum 'fodder', pānis 'bread', pasci 'to feed', Tocharian pās/pāsk 'care for, look after', Russian pishcha 'food', Ancient Greek pateîsthai 'eat').
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: fo͞od, IPA: /fuːd/, SAMPA: /fu:d/
- (US) enPR: fo͞od, IPA: /fud/, SAMPA: /fud/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːd
Noun
food (countable and uncountable; plural foods)
- (uncountable) Any substance that is or can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
- That is food for thought.
- (countable) A foodstuff.
- This shop stocks many hundreds of different foods.
Synonyms
- (substance consumed by living organisms): chow (slang), eats(slang), feed (for domesticated animals), fodder (for domesticated animals), foodstuffs, nosh (slang), nourishment, sustenance, victuals
- (anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea): brainfood
- (foodstuff): foodstuff
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