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Food

/fuːd/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounA foodstuff, a type of food.

Sentence Examples

How do you find food in outer space?

I'm tired of eating fast food.

Pat had prepared food and drink for the work party.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

nutrient

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

After a long hike, the hungry travelers eagerly sought warm ____ to regain their energy quickly.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It is important to have a balanced diet that includes a wide variety of healthy ____.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdô Old English fōda Middle English fode English food From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”" — 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

"Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism." — 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:

"Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates." — 2006, C Williams, J Buttriss, Improving the Fat Content of Foods, →ISBN, page 492:

"This may prove food to my displeasure." — 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

"In this moment there is life and food / For future years." — 1798, William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey:

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