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Noun: food  food
  1. Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    - nutrient
     
  2. Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
    "food and drink"
    - solid food, grub, khana [Asia], kai [NZ]
     
  3. Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
    - food for thought, intellectual nourishment

Derived forms: foods

Type of: cognitive content, content, mental object, solid, substance

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