food

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Scots fuid (“food”), Low German föde, vöde (“food”), West Frisian fiedsel (“food”), Dutch voedsel (“food”) Danish føde (“food”), Swedish föda (“food”), Icelandic fæða, fæði (“food”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fōdeins, “food”), Latin pānis (“bread, food”), Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb). Related to fodder, foster. === Pronunciation === enPR: fōōd, IPA(key): /fuːd/, Rhymes: -uːd (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [fuːd], [fʊwd] (General American) IPA(key): [fu̟(ː)d], [fʊwd] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [fʉwd] (General South African) IPA(key): [fʉːd], [fyːd] enPR: fŏŏd, Rhymes: -ʊd (India) IPA(key): /fʊɖ/ (US, dialectal; Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /fʊd/ Homophone: FoD === Noun === food (usually uncountable, plural foods) (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:food (countable) A foodstuff, a type of food. Synonyms: (archaic, now only humorous or regional) belly-timber, foodstuff, provender; see also Thesaurus:food (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains. Hyponym: brainfood (uncountable, MLE) Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs. ==== Synonyms ==== Synonyms: see Thesaurus:food (substance consumed by living organisms): belly-timber (archaic, now only humorous or regional), chow (slang), comestible (formal), eats (slang), feed (for domesticated animals), fodder (for domesticated animals), foodstuffs, grub (informal), nosh (slang), nourishment, provender, scran (dialectal), sustenance, victuals ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== feed fodder ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === breakfast brunch dinner dish dunch lunch, luncheon meal supper Category:Foods === References === === Further reading === food on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:food on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === do of, doof