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food
English
Etymology
From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English f?da (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *f?dô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“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 ???????????????????????????? (f?deins, “food”), Latin p?nis (“bread, food”), Latin p?sc? (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fo?od, IPA(key): /fu?d/
- (General American) enPR: fo?od, IPA(key): /fud/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Noun
food (usually uncountable, plural foods)
- (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:food
- (countable) A foodstuff.
- Synonyms: (archaic, now only humorous or regional) belly-timber, foodstuff, provender; see also Thesaurus:food
- 2006, C Williams, J Buttriss, Improving the Fat Content of Foods ?ISBN, page 492:
- Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
- Hyponym: brainfood
- 1798, William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey
- In this moment there is life and food / For future years.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "food": raw, cooked, baked, fried, grilled, processed, healthy, unhealthy, wholesome, nutritious, safe, toxic, tainted, adulterated, tasty, delicious, fresh, stale, sweet, sour, spicy, exotic, marine.
Synonyms
- (substance consumed by living organisms): belly-timber (archaic, now only humorous or regional), chow (slang), comestible (formal), eats (slang), feed (for domesticated animals), fodder (for domesticated animals), foodstuffs, nosh (slang), nourishment, provender, sustenance, victuals
Derived terms
Related terms
- feed
- fodder
Translations
See also
- breakfast
- brunch
- dinner
- dunch
- lunch, luncheon
- meal
- supper
- Category:Foods
Further reading
- food on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- food on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- do of, doof
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toothpick
English
Etymology
From tooth +? pick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu??.p?k/
Noun
toothpick (plural toothpicks)
- A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
Synonyms
- dentiscalp, picktooth (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
toothpick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
toothpick (third-person singular simple present toothpicks, present participle toothpicking, simple past and past participle toothpicked)
- (transitive) To spear (food) on a toothpick.
- (transitive) To transfer (a sample of bacteria, etc.) by means of a toothpick.
Anagrams
- picktooth
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