food
UK /fuːd/US [fu̟(ː)d]
noun4
forms
foods
Phrases with food
- eat one's own dog foodTo use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.
- food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.
- food chainThe feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
- food for thoughtInformation or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.
- food noiseA mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.
- put food on the tableTo provide enough money to cover basic necessities.
- worm foodOne or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.