fresh food Put fresh foods in the refrigerator as soon as you're done with them.
fried food She has cut out fried foods, and eats a lot more fruits and vegetables.
plant food Nettles and comfrey make a great plant food
Meaning of food in English
(Definition of food from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
food | American Dictionary
Idiom
food | Business English
food
noun
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/fuːd/ us
[ C or U ]
a particular type of food:
Examples of food
food
Finally, consuming certain foods was significantly associated with a lower risk.
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Longer incubation periods occur following ingestion of relatively few organisms, particularly in foods with high fat content such as chocolate mousse [2].
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The interviews took place beside a display of the foods served on these days.
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Thirdly, our standardized questionnaire did not include the entire list of foods that could serve as vehicles for salmonella.
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The outlets did not have common suppliers of other foods, including meat.
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No foods eaten at home were statistically associated with illness.
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Due to the short shelf life of salad vegetables, it proved impossible to acquire any suspect foods for microbiological analysis.
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Cooking temperatures were recorded and all foods were adequately cooked.
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Investigations of these outbreaks have implicated a diverse range of foods ; from helva, infant formula milk to chocolate and bean sprouts [4-7].
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To this end, each wedding had a unique questionnaire including all of the foods served at the wedding.
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However, well conducted case-control or cohort studies should overcome this bias if all possible foods available to cases are investigated.
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Several by-products can be processed into human foods, and most of them have a substantial potential value as animal feedstuffs.
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Results, while not fully consistent, have generally shown consumer interest in buying local foods and even paying a price premium.
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Most consumers reported having purchased locally grown foods in the past.
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The authors further found that consumers were willing to pay a premium for local foods.
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Collocations with food
food
These are words often used in combination with food.
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adequate food
This situation is more directly analogous to the captive monkeys in zoos, provided with adequate food but kept under serious crowding.
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amount of food
With this formulation, technological progress functions as an equalizing force in competition, because it reduces the excess amount of food procured by big types.
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basic food
Quantities of bread and beer, the basic food items, were given as wages to the workers.
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अन्न, खाद्यपदार्थ, जिवंत राहण्यासाठी लोक आणि प्राणी जे खातात किंवा वनस्पती शोषून घेतात ते…
食べ物, 食（た）べ物（もの）…
yiyecek, besin, gıda…
nourriture [feminine], aliments [masculine, plural]…
aliments, menjar…
voedsel…
மனிதர்களும் விலங்குகளும் உண்ணும் ஒன்று, அல்லது தாவரங்கள் அவற்றை உயிரோடு வைத்திருக்க உறிஞ்சும் ஒன்று…
भोजन, खाद्य पदार्थ…
ખોરાક, આહાર…
mad, føde…
mat, föda…
makanan…
das Essen, das Futter…
mat [masculine], mat, føde…
کھانا, غذا, خوراک…
їжа…
খাদ্য, খাবার…
jídlo, potrava…
makanan…
อาหาร…
lương thực…
jedzenie, żywność, pożywienie…
음식…
cibo…
