FOOD


Meaning of FOOD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fu:d ]

( foods)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Food is what people and animals eat.

Enjoy your food.

...supplies of food and water.

...emergency food aid.

...frozen foods.

N-MASS

see also convenience food , fast food , health food , junk food , wholefood

2.

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.

PHRASE : v-link PHR

3.

If you give someone food for thought , you make them think carefully about something.

Lord Fraser’s speech offers much food for thought...

PHRASE : usu PHR after v

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