food

Plural

foods

1. 1.Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

   • The innkeeper brought them food and drink.

2. 2.Anything that nourishes or sustains.

   • Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
   • This may prove food to my displeasure.
   • The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.

3. 3.Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.

   • What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.

4. 4.A foodstuff, a type of food.

   • Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.

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