food
♦♦♦ food /f'uːd/ (foods)
1 [N-MASS]
Food is what people and animals eat.
Enjoy your food.
...supplies of food and water.
...emergency food aid.
...frozen foods.
see also convenience food, fast food, junk food, junk food, wholefood
2 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you are off your food, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill.
It's not like you to be off your food.
3 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you give someone food for thought, you make them think carefully about something.
Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought...con|veni|ence food
[N-UNCOUNT]
Convenience food is frozen, dried, or canned food that can be heated and prepared very quickly and easily.
I rely too much on convenience food.fast food
[N-UNCOUNT] oft n N
Fast food is hot food, such as hamburgers and chips, that you obtain from particular types of restaurant, and which is served quickly after you order it.
James works as assistant chef at a fast food restaurant...food chain (food chains)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
The food chain is a series of living things which are linked to each other because each thing feeds on the one next to it in the series.
The whole food chain is affected by the over use of chemicals in agriculture.food mix|er (food mixers)
also food-mixer
[N-COUNT]
A food mixer is a piece of electrical equipment that is used to mix food such as cake mixture.food poi|son|ing
[N-UNCOUNT]
If you get food poisoning, you become ill because you have eaten food that has gone bad.food pro|ces|sor (food processors)
[N-COUNT]
A food processor is a piece of electrical equipment that is used to mix, chop, or beat food, or to make it into a liquid.food stamp (food stamps)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
In the United States, food stamps are official vouchers that are given to people with low incomes to be exchanged for food.food value (food values)
[N-VAR]
The food value of a particular food is a measure of how good it is for you, based on its level of vitamins, minerals, or calories.health food (health foods)
[N-MASS] oft N n
Health foods are natural foods without artificial ingredients which people buy because they consider them to be good for them.junk food (junk foods)
[N-MASS]
If you refer to food as junk food, you mean that it is quick and easy to prepare but is not good for your health.soul food
[N-UNCOUNT]
Soul food is used to refer to the kind of food, for example corn bread, ham, and greens, that was popular with black Americans in the southern United States and is considered typical of them. (mainly AM)
1 [N-MASS]
Food is what people and animals eat.
Enjoy your food.
...supplies of food and water.
...emergency food aid.
...frozen foods.
see also convenience food, fast food, junk food, junk food, wholefood
2 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If you are off your food, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill.
It's not like you to be off your food.
3 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v
If you give someone food for thought, you make them think carefully about something.
Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought...con|veni|ence food
[N-UNCOUNT]
Convenience food is frozen, dried, or canned food that can be heated and prepared very quickly and easily.
I rely too much on convenience food.fast food
[N-UNCOUNT] oft n N
Fast food is hot food, such as hamburgers and chips, that you obtain from particular types of restaurant, and which is served quickly after you order it.
James works as assistant chef at a fast food restaurant...food chain (food chains)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
The food chain is a series of living things which are linked to each other because each thing feeds on the one next to it in the series.
The whole food chain is affected by the over use of chemicals in agriculture.food mix|er (food mixers)
also food-mixer
[N-COUNT]
A food mixer is a piece of electrical equipment that is used to mix food such as cake mixture.food poi|son|ing
[N-UNCOUNT]
If you get food poisoning, you become ill because you have eaten food that has gone bad.food pro|ces|sor (food processors)
[N-COUNT]
A food processor is a piece of electrical equipment that is used to mix, chop, or beat food, or to make it into a liquid.food stamp (food stamps)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
In the United States, food stamps are official vouchers that are given to people with low incomes to be exchanged for food.food value (food values)
[N-VAR]
The food value of a particular food is a measure of how good it is for you, based on its level of vitamins, minerals, or calories.health food (health foods)
[N-MASS] oft N n
Health foods are natural foods without artificial ingredients which people buy because they consider them to be good for them.junk food (junk foods)
[N-MASS]
If you refer to food as junk food, you mean that it is quick and easy to prepare but is not good for your health.soul food
[N-UNCOUNT]
Soul food is used to refer to the kind of food, for example corn bread, ham, and greens, that was popular with black Americans in the southern United States and is considered typical of them. (mainly AM)