OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 683

food

/fuːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alimento • comida • conducho (disused) • gueish • jama • manduca • manducatoria • manye • manyé • víveres
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good…
alimento • comida • gueish • jama • manduca • manducatoria • vianda
A foodstuff.
Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.
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