CEFR A1

food

noun

Meaning

Any substance that people or animals eat or drink to stay alive and healthy.

Examples

The restaurant serves delicious food.
We need to store food for the winter.

Synonyms: fare, provisions, sustenance

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food (A1)

noun

Pronunciation: /fuːd/

Definition

Any substance that people or animals eat or drink to stay alive and healthy.

Examples

The restaurant serves delicious food.
We need to store food for the winter.
What kind of food do you like to eat?

How to Use food

food for thought (idiom): Something that makes you think seriously about a subject. — "The article gave me a lot of food for thought."
food poisoning (collocation): Illness caused by eating contaminated food. — "He got food poisoning from the chicken."

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