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Meanings of food in English

Russian
провиант
Portuguese
alimento
Spanish
alimento
Catalan
aliment
Wikidata

Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body; form of energy stored in chemical.

провиант
Portuguese
comida
Catalan
nutrient
Spanish
sustento

Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue.

comida
Catalan
menjar
Spanish
comida

Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.

menjar

Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking.

Synonyms
Examples for "food for thought"
Examples for "food for thought"
1
So today, let's just consider this little column as food for thought.
The Irish Times
2
And his young brigade gave Shaw some food for thought on Saturday.
News.com.au
3
This is food for thought if you want to impress someone special.
The Irish Times
4
That was food for thought, though not what he was looking for.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
5
But there is food for thought in this uninterrupted succession of triumphs.
Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913
1
Just a few years of intellectual nourishment - and plenty of craic.
The Irish Times
2
As Breda O'Brien noted in this newspaper: there was a real hunger for spiritual and intellectual nourishment.
The Irish Times
Usage of food in English
1
Good friends, good food, and some really good southern heart-pickin', foot-stompin' music.
Hearts of grey
2
Of course, people need housing, they need food, they need good education.
The new yorker
3
However, its use in food products could result in unwanted toxic residues.
The Irish Times
4
Africa's food and drink market has seen several deals in recent years.
Reuters
5
However, we know where that road leads today, when food is abundant.
Human
6
They say seven million Zimbabweans are facing severe food shortages this year.
The Irish Times
7
He said that right now his family has neither food nor water.
Reuters
8
Whale food began concentrating in certain places at certain times of year.
Wired
9
Three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food.
A quiet vendetta
10
In Europe alone we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
The Irish Times
11
Different species have evolved to deal with food competition in different ways.
Human
12
But each generation must ask the question anew: what is Irish food?
The Irish Times
13
The days and weeks that followed saw mass withdrawals of food products.
The Irish Times
14
Give them an opportunity to enjoy good food and your good company.
The South African
15
Their message is loud and clear: fix the broken food aid system.
The Guardian
16
China urgently needs to restructure its animal industries for global food safety.
News.com.au
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New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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