(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Food is what people and animals eat.
Enjoy your ~.
...supplies of ~ and water.
...emergency ~ aid.
...frozen ~s.
N-MASS
see also convenience ~ , fast ~ , health ~ , junk ~ , whole~
2.
If you are off your ~, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill.
It’s not like you to be off your ~.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
3.
If you give someone ~ for thought, you make them think carefully about something.
Lord Fraser’s speech offers much ~ for thought...
PHRASE: usu PHR after v