foodfood /fuːd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
The restaurant serves good food at affordable prices. I love Italian food, especially pasta. He was told to cut down on salty and fatty foods.2food for thought something that makes you think carefully: The teacher’s advice certainly gave me food for thought.GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Food is usually uncountable: · There was not enough food for everyone. ✗Don’t say: enough foods• Food is used as a countable noun when talking about particular types of food: · The doctor advised her to avoid fatty foods.· Butter is a healthy food.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesgood/excellent· The hotel was nice and the food was really good.delicious/tasty· Thanks for dinner – the food was delicious.fresh· The food is all so fresh.healthy· We try to give the kids good healthy food.nourishing/nutritious (=making you strong and healthy)· The food was nourishing but not particularly tasty.plain/simple (=without anything added or without decoration)· He liked eating simple food, nothing spicy.spicy (=with a hot taste)· Spanish food is not usually very spicy.hot food· She wanted a rest and some hot food.cold food· The cafeteria only serves cold food.Italian/French/Chinese etc food· The restaurant serves delicious Italian food.exotic food (=unusual because of being from a foreign country)· The shop specializes in selling exotic food like kangaroo and crocodile meat.fatty foods· Limit your intake of fatty foods.starchy foods (=food that contains a lot of starch)· Starchy foods include bread, rice, pasta, and potatoes.verbshave food· The family hadn’t had any food for days.eat food· He sat in the corner and ate his food.cook/prepare food· I have to cook some food for this evening.serve food (=give food to someone, especially in a restaurant)· She served food and cleared tables all evening.enjoy your food· I’ve never seen anyone enjoy their food so much.chew food· He chewed the food slowly and carefully.swallow food· While she was ill, she had trouble swallowing her food.digest food· Aphids have bacteria in their guts that help them digest food.food tastes good/delicious etc· The food at Jan’s house always tastes good.food smells good· The food smelt good to her.phrasesbe off your food British English (=not want to eat)· The baby is off his food.go off your food British English (=to stop wanting to eat)· Since becoming ill, he has gone off his food.nounsa food supply· The government must ensure an adequate food supply.the food industry· The food industry has responded to consumer concerns about health.food production (=the process of making or growing food to be sold)· Farmers have increased food production to meet demand.food products· The nutrient content of most food products is displayed on the packaging.food prices· Food prices have increased rapidly in recent months.a food shortage· He remembered the food shortages of the war years.a food scare (=when people are afraid to eat a particular food)· The meat industry has been badly affected by recent food scares.food colouring British English, food coloring American English· Dilute a little food colouring with water.food additives (=substances added to food in order to improve its taste or appearance)· These chemicals have been approved as food additives.THESAURUSfood noun [countable, uncountable] things that people and animals eat: · You can buy good fresh food in the market.· Do you like Japanese food?dish noun [countable] a type of food that is cooked in a particular way: · a traditional English dish· They also offer vegetarian dishes.speciality British English, specialty American English noun [countable] a type of food that a restaurant or place is famous for: · Fish dishes are a specialty of the region.· Home made pies are one of the hotel’s specialities.delicacy noun [countable] an unusual food which people in a particular place like to eat: · The local delicacies include laverbread (boiled seaweed).· I was keen to try out the local delicacies.diet noun [countable] the type of food that someone usually eats: · You shouldn’t have too much salt in your diet.· In the Andes, the main diet is beans, potatoes, and corn.cooking noun [uncountable] food made in a particular way, or by a particular person: · Herbs are used a lot in French cooking.· I love my Mum’s home cooking.cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/ noun [countable] formal the food you can eat in a particular restaurant, country, or area: · Italian cuisine· Trying the local cuisine is all part of the fun of travelling.nutrition noun [uncountable] food considered as something that is necessary for good health and growth: · a book on nutrition· Many homeless people suffer from poor nutrition.nourishment /ˈnʌrɪʃmənt $ ˈnɜː-, ˈnʌ-/ noun [uncountable] goodness that you get from food, which helps your body to stay healthy: · There's not much nourishment in fast food.fare noun [uncountable] formal the kind of food that is served in a place – used especially when saying how interesting it is: · In China you can feast on bird’s nest soup and other exotic fare.· Dinner was pretty standard fare (=the usual kind of food).types of foodfast food food such as hamburgers, which is prepared quickly and which you can take away with you to eat: · He ballooned to 300lbs on a diet of fast food.junk food food that is full of sugar or fat, and is bad for your health: · I used to eat loads of junk food.GM food British English food made from vegetables and animals that have had their genetic structure changed: · There has been a lot of research into the safety of GM food.organic food food that is produced without using harmful chemicals: · Shoppers are willing to pay more for organic food.health food food that is thought to be good for your health: · You can buy the ingredients in any good health food shop.superfood a type of food that is believed to be good for your health because it contains a lot of a particular type of vitamin, mineral etc: · Superfoods such as blueberries are often promoted as having magic health-giving properties.vegetarian food food that does not contain meat: · The restaurant specializes in vegetarian food.processed food food that has chemicals in it to make it last a long time: · The colourings and flavourings in processed food are chemicals produced in factories.canned food (also tinned food British English) food that is sold in cans: · We had to live on canned food for a week.· Tinned food was sent as emergency aid.frozen food food that is kept at a very low temperature to make it last a long time: · Some people claim that frozen food is just as healthy as fresh food.convenience food food that is sold in cans, packages etc, so that it can be prepared quickly and easily: · I found that I had more time to cook, instead of just heating up convenience food.baby food special food for babies: · The soup was horrible – it tasted like baby food.pet/dog/cat/bird etc food food for animals that you keep as pets: · She spent a fortune on pet food.
WORD ORIGINfood
Origin:
Old English fodaEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A health food store is a good place to look for herbs.
- Buddy won't eat the new dog food I bought.
- Do you like spicy food?
- I'd never tried Indian food before.
- I've never had Indonesian food -- what's it like?
- Juntao refused food as a protest against prison conditions.
- Make sure you leave the cat plenty of food and water before you go.
- New-born birds stay in their nest while their mother goes out in search of food.
- North Korea faces severe food shortages.
- The food's great and it's not that expensive.
- The church program provides food and clothing for the needy.
- The doctor told him not to eat fatty foods.
- the world's largest fast food restaurant chain
- They didn't even have enough money to buy food.
- To lose weight, cut down on sweet and fatty foods.
- You can quite easily make your own baby food at home.
- You shouldn't eat all that junk food, it's bad for you.
- And they buy food and clothes and pay rent.
- Any conversation, even if it was only about food, was better than this stalemate.
- He jumps back, but he already has a mouthful of food.
- I have to cut up his food.
- She never spoke to anyone but would nod at Toussaint, who brought her shares of their meager food.
- The virus is spread through contact with contaminated food and water.
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] things that people and animals eat: · You can buy good fresh food in the market.· Do you like Japanese food?
noun [countable] a type of food that is cooked in a particular way: · a traditional English dish· They also offer vegetarian dishes.
British English, specialty American English noun [countable] a type of food that a restaurant or place is famous for: · Fish dishes are a specialty of the region.· Home made pies are one of the hotel’s specialities.
noun [countable] an unusual food which people in a particular place like to eat: · The local delicacies include laverbread (boiled seaweed).· I was keen to try out the local delicacies.
noun [countable] the type of food that someone usually eats: · You shouldn’t have too much salt in your diet.· In the Andes, the main diet is beans, potatoes, and corn.
noun [uncountable] food made in a particular way, or by a particular person: · Herbs are used a lot in French cooking.· I love my Mum’s home cooking.
noun [countable] formal the food you can eat in a particular restaurant, country, or area: · Italian cuisine· Trying the local cuisine is all part of the fun of travelling.
noun [uncountable] food considered as something that is necessary for good health and growth: · a book on nutrition· Many homeless people suffer from poor nutrition.
noun [uncountable] goodness that you get from food, which helps your body to stay healthy: · There's not much nourishment in fast food.
noun [uncountable] formal the kind of food that is served in a place – used especially when saying how interesting it is: · In China you can feast on bird’s nest soup and other exotic fare.· Dinner was pretty standard fare (=the usual kind of food).
types of food food such as hamburgers, which is prepared quickly and which you can take away with you to eat: · He ballooned to 300lbs on a diet of fast food.
food that is full of sugar or fat, and is bad for your health: · I used to eat loads of junk food.
British English food made from vegetables and animals that have had their genetic structure changed: · There has been a lot of research into the safety of GM food.
food that is produced without using harmful chemicals: · Shoppers are willing to pay more for organic food.
food that is thought to be good for your health: · You can buy the ingredients in any good health food shop.
a type of food that is believed to be good for your health because it contains a lot of a particular type of vitamin, mineral etc: · Superfoods such as blueberries are often promoted as having magic health-giving properties.
food that does not contain meat: · The restaurant specializes in vegetarian food.
food that has chemicals in it to make it last a long time: · The colourings and flavourings in processed food are chemicals produced in factories.
(also tinned food British English) food that is sold in cans: · We had to live on canned food for a week.· Tinned food was sent as emergency aid.
food that is kept at a very low temperature to make it last a long time: · Some people claim that frozen food is just as healthy as fresh food.
food that is sold in cans, packages etc, so that it can be prepared quickly and easily: · I found that I had more time to cook, instead of just heating up convenience food.
special food for babies: · The soup was horrible – it tasted like baby food.
food for animals that you keep as pets: · She spent a fortune on pet food.
Longman Language Activatorfood what people eat in order to grow and stay alive: · They didn't even have enough money to buy food.· The church program provides food and clothing for the needy.· Juntao refused food as a protest against prison conditions.
especially spoken food, especially a small meal that you eat quickly: · You should have something to eat before you go out.· I'm not hungry -- I had something to eat earlier.· Do you want me to fix you something to eat?
informal also nosh British spoken food: · Where's the grub? I'm starving.· There was plenty of nosh at the party.
the type of food that someone usually eats: · The doctor told him to reduce the amount of fat in his diet.a good/healthy/poor etc diet: · 150,000 Californians die each year from diseases related to a poor diet.balanced diet (=a good mixture of healthy foods): · The secret to a longer life is a balanced diet and regular exercise.low-fat/high-fibre etc diet: · a low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetablesstaple diet (=a main diet consisting of one or two basic foods): · People in the coastal region live on a staple diet of rice and fish.diet of: · For 27 years in the jungles of Guam, Yokoi survived on a diet of shrimp, coconuts, snails, frogs and rats.
small amounts of food and drink that are served at a public meeting, a performance, or on a long journey: · Mrs Thompson has kindly offered to provide the refreshments for the school sports day.light refreshments (=a small quantity of food): · Light refreshments will be served during the interval.
the different things that your body needs to grow and be healthy, that you get from food: · A growing child needs proper nourishment.· Calves rely on their mother's milk to provide nourishment.· The foetus gets nourishment via the mother's blood supply.
a particular kind of food, or food that has been cooked in a particular way · The doctor told him not to eat fatty foods.· Do you like spicy food?French/Italian/Japanese etc food · I've never had Indonesian food -- what's it like?fast food (=food that is prepared and served quickly to customers) · the world's largest fast food restaurant chainjunk food (=food that is not very healthy and is already prepared so you can eat it immediately) · You shouldn't eat all that junk food, it's bad for you.health food (=a special kind of food that people eat because they think it is good for their health) · A health food store is a good place to look for herbs.baby food (=specially prepared for babies) · You can quite easily make your own baby food at home.
several foods cooked together in a particular way, especially in a way that is typical of a country or place: · This dish can be served hot or cold.· a delicious vegetable dish with a spicy nut sauce· We serve a variety of Thai dishes.
a type of special food that a restaurant, country, or area is famous for: · The village is famous for its seafood specialties.local/regional speciality (=from a particular area): · Fish curry is a local speciality
a rare and expensive kind of food which people in a particular area think is very special: · Squid is a delicacy in this part of Italy.· Hasan plied us with drinks and an array of Egyptian delicacies which he brought from the kitchen.
simple or healthy food - used especially in books or newspapers about the food in a restaurant: · The Elephant and Castle is known for its traditional English fare.· Children will be thrilled to find such simple fare as macaroni and cheese on the menu.
food for animals · New-born birds stay in their nest while their mother goes out in search of food.· Make sure you leave the cat plenty of food and water before you go.cat/dog etc food · Buddy won't eat the new dog food I bought.
food for animals such as cattle and horses, especially dried grass and raw vegetables: · All the left-over crops are chopped up and used as cattle fodder.· Beet tops were left on the ground as fodder for a small flock of sheep.
: chicken/hen/animal etc feed food for birds or animals, especially in the form of grain: · A large part of our income goes on animal feed.
to give food to a person or animal to give food to someone, especially a baby, animal, or a lot of people: · My sister feeds the cats when we are away.· How often do you have to feed the baby?· They hardly earn enough to feed their children.· The catering service feeds over 600 employees every day.feed somebody/something on something: · The horses were fed on hay and grain.
British to give a lot of food to a person or animal in order to make them fat or because they are not eating enough: feed somebody up: · When I was young, my grandmother was always trying to feed me up with sweets and biscuits.feed up somebody: · We'll have to start feeding up the turkey for Thanksgiving soon.
to give someone food by putting it in front of them, especially at a restaurant or a formal meal: serve something: · Dinner will be served at eight o'clock.serve somebody: · The chef serves important guests himself.· We sat around for forty-five minutes, waiting to be served.serve somebody with something: · They served us with soup and bread.serve something to somebody: · Andrew, will you serve coffee to the visitors?
to put food onto plates for people to eat, especially at home: serve up something/serve something up: · At dinner, Mrs. Carothers served up poached salmon and filled our glasses with white wine.
an amount of food that someone is given or that someone eats an amount of food that is considered to be enough for one person as part of a meal: · My mother always gave the boys bigger portions than she gave me.portion of: · Two portions of French fries please.
an amount of food that is served to one person as part of a meal, use this especially when someone asks for a second similar amount: · He held out his bowl for another helping.second/third etc helping: · Anyone want a second helping?helping of: · She took another helping of pie when she thought no one was looking.large/small helping: · They had turkey and stuffing topped off with large helpings of mashed potatoes.
the amount of food that is cooked or prepared for each person: · This recipe makes enough minestrone soup for four to six servings.· The dish has about 250 calories per serving.
food that makes your stomach feel full food that is filling makes your stomach feel full very quickly, especially when it does not look as though it will: · I'll only give you a small amount of rice because it's quite filling.· Of course I like your chocolate cake, but it's so filling I couldn't possibly eat another piece.
food that is stodgy makes you feel full, is bad for your health, and usually has very little taste: · Stress, lack of rest and too much stodgy food had made Pauline break out in spots.· The food in Suzie's Café tends to be stodgy rather than fresh and light.
food that is heavy makes your stomach feel full and you can feel it lying in your stomach for a long time after you have eaten it: · Some people find wholemeal bread too heavy.· Try to avoid heavy meals late in the evening.
food that is rich contains a lot of cheese, cream, butter, or chocolate, and makes you feel full very quickly: · You mustn't eat too much rich food - it's bad for you.· The meat was browned to perfection and topped with a rich sauce.
to stop eating or refuse to eat to stop eating food for a fixed period of time, especially for religious reasons: · Muslims fast during Ramadan.
if someone goes on a hunger strike , they refuse to eat for days or weeks in order to protest about something or bring public attention to a political problem: · More than 300 prisoners went on hunger strike in February in protest against the living conditions.be on (a) hunger strike: · 67 men had been on hunger strike since August 13th.
British especially spoken if someone is off their food , they do not want to eat, for example because they feel sick or ill: · What's wrong with Billy? He seems to be off his food.
someone who enjoys eating a lot someone who usually eats a lot of food: · Don't give me such a large portion. I'm not a big eater.· What can I cook for them? They're such big eaters.
informal to enjoy food and to usually eat a lot: · Give him a big plate of spaghetti. He likes his food.· "Now there's a man who likes his food,'' she said, as her brother took a third helping of pie.
someone who knows a lot about food and drink and likes good quality food and drink: · They're real gourmets and buy only the best cuts of meat.· Many gourmets say that Camembert should never be kept in a fridge.gourmet food/cooking etc (=very good and usually expensive): · The shop only sells gourmet food, at astronomical prices.
British informal someone who is interested in food, and likes going to restaurants and trying new and unusual foods: · a new magazine for foodies· Michael Caine is an avid foodie who owns a string of restaurants.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives permitted food additives a food allergy green food colouring The infection was traced to contaminated food. The bar serves hot and cold food. a food hygiene training course Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake. A food maven could also be called a gourmet. agricultural production and distribution the weekly meat ration a coal ration of 4 kg a month News of bread rationing created panic buying. snack foods like crisps and peanuts Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet? starchy foods Laura was toying with her food and looking increasingly bored. well-balanced wholesome mealsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The hotel was nice and the food was really good.
· Thanks for dinner – the food was delicious.
· The food is all so fresh.
· We try to give the kids good healthy food.
(=making you strong and healthy)· The food was nourishing but not particularly tasty.
(=without anything added or without decoration)· He liked eating simple food, nothing spicy.
(=with a hot taste)· Spanish food is not usually very spicy.
· She wanted a rest and some hot food.
· The cafeteria only serves cold food.
· The restaurant serves delicious Italian food.
(=unusual because of being from a foreign country)· The shop specializes in selling exotic food like kangaroo and crocodile meat.
· Limit your intake of fatty foods.
(=food that contains a lot of starch)· Starchy foods include bread, rice, pasta, and potatoes.
verbs· The family hadn’t had any food for days.
· He sat in the corner and ate his food.
· I have to cook some food for this evening.
(=give food to someone, especially in a restaurant)· She served food and cleared tables all evening.
· I’ve never seen anyone enjoy their food so much.
· He chewed the food slowly and carefully.
· While she was ill, she had trouble swallowing her food.
· Aphids have bacteria in their guts that help them digest food.
· The food at Jan’s house always tastes good.
· The food smelt good to her.
phrases British English (=not want to eat)· The baby is off his food.
British English (=to stop wanting to eat)· Since becoming ill, he has gone off his food.
nouns· The government must ensure an adequate food supply.
· The food industry has responded to consumer concerns about health.
(=the process of making or growing food to be sold)· Farmers have increased food production to meet demand.
· The nutrient content of most food products is displayed on the packaging.
· Food prices have increased rapidly in recent months.
· He remembered the food shortages of the war years.
(=when people are afraid to eat a particular food)· The meat industry has been badly affected by recent food scares.
British English, food coloring American English· Dilute a little food colouring with water.
(=substances added to food in order to improve its taste or appearance)· These chemicals have been approved as food additives.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES permitted food additives· The government launched an appeal for emergency food aid for 60,000 people.
a food allergy· He bought some cans of cat food.
· Morgan was the owner of a computer store chain.
· the fast-food chain, Burger King
green food colouring (=food that you eat to make you feel relaxed and happy)· I find pasta and cheese is a great comfort food.
The infection was traced to contaminated food. (=taking food)· Troops were sent to guard the food convoys.
· The book also gives advice on healthy ways of cooking food.
· The failure of the crop this year will create a food crisis.
· The demand for ethanol has reduced the amount of corn grown as a food crop.
British English· The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom.
· a can of dog food
(=for feeding fish)· I sprinkled some fish food into the tank.
The bar serves hot and cold food. a food hygiene training course· The country is dependent on oil imports for almost all its basic energy needs.
Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.· Ice cream was probably her favourite item of food.
A food maven could also be called a gourmet.· Our restaurant uses only fresh organic vegetables.· Many people think that organic food is better for health.
· cans of pet food
· Very young children may have clear food preferences.
· A poor harvest led to higher food prices.
agricultural production and distribution the weekly meat ration a coal ration of 4 kg a month News of bread rationing created panic buying. (=where food that can be prepared quickly is served or available to take away)· The High Street is full of fast-food restaurants.
(=how safe food is to eat)· New food safety laws say that sandwiches for sale in shops must be kept refrigerated.
· The water shortage was reaching crisis proportions.
snack foods like crisps and peanuts Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet?· Slugs attack potatoes in late summer, when other food sources are disappearing.
starchy foods Laura was toying with her food and looking increasingly bored. well-balanced wholesome meals· This boom in fast food is providing strong competition for both staff restaurants and school meal services.· Knutson frequently uses the slow cooker and oven for food pre tion instead of the microwave and fast foods.· Go to fast food places at peak hours, when extra cooks and cashiers are working.· Wendy's rejoined the fast food market in Great Britain after an absence of nearly six years.· In 1993 more than 500 people fell ill and four died after eating hamburgers from the Jack-in-the-Box fast food chain.· In an era of fast food, subsistence incomes don't make for a culinary culture.· This is the first time a high street fast food chain has linked up with a theme park.
· The damp retreated down the walls, the gardens came back to life and there was fresh food in the kitchen.· Those suggestions are ways to make fresh foods appealing to the eye and fun to eat.· Even fresh food, if stored for long periods, will lose its vitamin content.· Purified water. Fresh food and ice cream flown into combat zones: even pizzas.· They still expected to get cheap baked beans, but would pay over the odds for high-quality fresh food.· Buy fresh foods when they are in plentiful supply, that is, in season. 12.· Should be ready Wednesday. Fresh food - not really obtainable locally.· Sometimes the price advantage lies with fresh, unmodified food and sometimes with food processed in some way.
· Microwave combination ovens can successfully prime cook fresh and frozen foods and regenerate ready cooked dishes from chilled and frozen.· It can also be used to cut frozen food, formica, perspex and plastic piping.· Also, buying canned or frozen food rather than fresh food cuts down our vitamin intake by as much as 25-30 percent.· Their range of frozen foods is supplemented with vitamins, and suitable for marine and freshwater tanks.· Eat as much fresh produce as possible rather than relying on tinned, packed and frozen foods.· As soon as your example is settled and feeding upon these live foods, it should be encouraged on to freeze-dried and frozen foods.· Live food is the best diet for them although fresh or frozen meaty foods of small particle size can be substituted.· And earlier this month he spent a night in a frozen food store.
· The Baldry Restaurant serves good food at a reasonable price and the Rowan Tree is good for vegetarian food.· Cramond Inn A favourite resort for all who enjoy good food in picturesque surroundings.· Amelia's must have the better food.· There must be some good food round here somewhere.· We were plied with the best food he could offer, drenched in expensive ghee.· What is good for the food industry can be fatally bad for the health of the entire nation.· When they did, they learned that they were good at buying food and merchandising it in their stores.
· They had microwave ovens where he was able to heat up a portion of hot food to eat in the car.· Toucans sit in cages and aluminum pots steam with hot food, stewed beef and chicken or sausage and potatoes.· Perhaps after the hot food in the evening?· We delivered hot food, clothing, mail, and ammunition to them every day.· Keep hot food and cold food cold.· There are spice specialty stores, catalogs and magazines. Hot and spicy food shows are burning a path across the country.· An application has been made to establish a hot food shop adjacent to the chip shop.· So school becomes a sanctuary, a haven of stability, hot food and teachers who care.
· The organic food most commonly found in a delicatessen is cheese.· The children ate organic foods from health food stores and from the garden at their home.· April 1992: the first wholesale organic food market was opened in London.· The secret of the remarkable production by plants of both oxygen and organic food substances is of course photosynthesis.· This price gulf mirrors the problem with organic food: most shoppers are put off buying it because it's too expensive.· Features / Force of nature / Organic food is good, and good for the environment.
· Spillers pet foods had a resilient first half despite the continuing pressure on pet food margins.· Peter Brabeck, Nestle chief executive, has shown a preference for pet food over people food.· Most of the beef exported ends up as hamburgers, pet food, processed meats and baby foods.· Spending on pet food was up more than seven percent in 1991.· Particularly popular with customers were the canned nuts, home remedies, pizzas, pasta, cereals and canned pet foods range.· Save-a-Can banks accept all metal tins including drink, food and pet food cans.· The deal would significantly boost Nestle's position in the pet food market.
NOUN· Only 100,000 tonnes of an estimated 500,000 tonnes of food aid required throughout the country had been distributed by early July.· Mogadishu airport had not been used for relief supplies since June 1, when food aid had been stolen at gunpoint.· The move comes after bandits stole half of the food aid sent to save starving millions in the devastated country.· Aid officials and provisional government spokespersons appealed for urgent medical and food aid.· Some food aid is already going in.· Objective: provision of food aid and emergency relief to developing countries.· This statement is clearly true in the context of food aid.
· The content of baby food varies with the brand and the type of product.· Fresh baby food sets kids up for eating high-fiber foods throughout childhood, too.· Most of the beef exported ends up as hamburgers, pet food, processed meats and baby foods.· Artificial additives such as colourings, sweeteners and flavour enhancers aren't permitted in baby foods.· Manufacturers are reducing or removing sugars from baby foods, so go for those with no added sugar.· There's no need to feel guilty if you do use baby foods but try not to rely on them.· It is as thick as baby food and leaves a soft sediment on his top lip.· There is a tendency to start on the second stage of commercially produced baby foods at this point.
· Indeed if you include our exports, we are the largest manufacturer of dried cat food in the country.· The walls and ceilings were black, and the sole illumination was provided by black candles set in empty cat food cans.· Most of them looked as if they had been moulded in empty cat food tins.· She used to give them Pedigree Chum too, but it was mostly cat food.· This is sold, alongside Omega cat food, through specialist outlets such as pet shops, garden centres and agricultural merchants.· Marie bought loads of cat food before she left, so there's plenty for him.· Our private label business in the supermarkets continues to grow with our cat food products selling extremely well in the major multiples.· This predominance of cans is a correct impression of the country's cat food market.
· Caesium accumulates up the food chain from the soil through vegetation to contaminate meat.· Its scientists next plan to assess whether potential contamination carried in air or the food chain could be affecting islanders' health.· Environmentalists have warned that dioxins accumulate in fat and milk and will work their way through the food chain.· In 1993 more than 500 people fell ill and four died after eating hamburgers from the Jack-in-the-Box fast food chain.· The colour, as with the Scarlet Ibis, originates from blue-green algae at the lower end of the food chain.· Following food chains can lead to exciting discoveries.· This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.
· It's a good buy, particularly if you frequently heat convenience foods.· To conclude this discussion of convenience foods, two points can be made.· This vitamin loss is a reason why those expensive ready-made and overcooked convenience foods are not as nourishing.· They selected 166 convenience foods for cost comparisons with home prepared counterparts.· If you live a fast, hectic life and you eat mostly ready-made convenience foods, try to consider some other alternatives.· They reported that quality-wise, the convenience foods did not differ significantly from the home-prepared items.· The loveliest remarks on this phenomenon come from the corporate convenience food conveyancers.· Cooks around the world love a good convenience food.
· I discovered they're all switching to health foods, cutting out fat, salt and pork.· Similasan Eye Drops 3 for computer eye fatigue will be available beginning this month in health food stores and select pharmacies.· Many people believe that they help emotional and psychological symptoms; they are available from some chemists and health food shops.· A health food store is a good place to search for the herbs listed above.· A box of eight sausages costs around £1.95, from food stores and health food shops.· Available from all good health food stores, Superdrug and Boots Food Centres.· Maybe it's that the appetizers aren't exactly health food.
· The government has already introduced tougher laws on food hygiene and now it hopes the register will help council officers enforce them.· The initiative aims at further enhancing already high standards of food hygiene in tenanted houses.· There are 30 courses dedicated to specific safety issues, such as handling portable gas cylinders, food hygiene and accident investigation procedures.· The kitchen area accords with the latest food hygiene regulations.· The case came to light at Liverpool magistrates' court when Shaw Bakery was prosecuted for a lapse in food hygiene standards.· Training is essential and basic food hygiene courses can be completed in six hours.· A Food Standards Agency to take responsibility for food hygiene and safety.· We introduced the 1990 Food Safety Act to ensure the highest standards of food hygiene.
· Admittedly, Norton-Taylor castigates the food industry as well as the landowners and the farmers - he spreads his castigation very evenly.· The food industry Y produces with constant returns to scale.· It costs forty pounds and is aimed at travellers, people in contact with sufferers and those in the food industry.· Both dried cream and dried whey are extensively used by the food industries.· Sterilisers: There is no such material as a steriliser in the context of cleaning in the food industry.· There is nothing demeaning about cleaning in the food industry.· One area of manufacturing where we could see some collaboration is the food industry.
· Patients assigned to receive steroids consumed an unrestricted diet and were asked to record their food intake during the first four weeks.· Satiety was increased with a larger bulk of food intake.· This need not mean drastically reducing food intake.· Clearly, a rhythm in food intake might be able to adjust the body clock via several mechanisms.· In addition, these patients usually reduce their food intake when disease flares up.· This type of training is very demanding and rest and food intake are most important.· Use your diary to form a picture of the kind of person you are when it comes to food intake.· It can be produced in sheep by reducing the food intake of ewes in early pregnancy.
· Menopause symptoms are similar to those of food intolerance and may in fact be triggered off by hormone changes.· More undigested food molecules pass through the gut wall than in healthy individuals, making food intolerance much more likely.· Signs of food intolerance to look out for include skin rashes and loose watery stools.· Some of those who are dismissive of food intolerance, see hyperventilation as a widespread cause of vague, multiple symptoms.· At present, there is no good explanation for the link between candidiasis, food intolerance and chemical sensitivity.· Not surprisingly, some of these patients are thought to have food intolerance.· Chapter 2 has touched on food intolerance in the case of dairy produce.
· It's too easy to end up living off junk food.· Her secret, she said, is all the preservatives in the junk foods she eats.· This is just my kind of diet - no junk food, plenty of fruit which I love.· I miss things like potato chips and junk food.· This sets a bad example to teenagers, many of whom are overweight and eat too much junk food.· Large-muscle coordination comes from riding bikes and climbing trees, not from watching junk food commercials where other kids play and run.· Reduce your intake of salt, sugar and junk foods - especially beneficial if you suffer from water retention.· But to tell the truth, the album makes a pretty good accompaniment for just sitting around and eating junk food.
· The delegation looked at a range of hotel operations including food preparation, customer care programmes, sales and marketing and budgeting.· The total time used in food preparation consists of active time and inactive time when attention may be directed elsewhere.· The other does household tasks such as repair, food preparation, waste disposal and moving around.· Involve your children in all aspects of food preparation, from shopping to cooking.· Where grease poses less of a problem, in food preparation areas, for example, choose grease-resistant mats for long service life.· Following the annual migration of food preparation to the outdoors is the perennial question: How shall these delicacies be washed down?· Food processors are using the systems for cleaning stainless steel food preparation stations.· It transforms food preparation from a tedious routine into an exciting event, and is top-rack-dishwasher-safe.
· Place the roe, lemon juice and squeezed bread in a food processor blender.· Puree sauce in a blender or food processor and strain back into pot.· A mounted ballistic food processor, maybe I can blend them to death.· Meanwhile, combine vinegars, mustard and pepper in a food processor and blend until combined.· Put the mixture into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. 3.· With food processor running, add the oil in a thin stream until it is thoroughly incorporated.· When the milk is ready, place it in a food processor or whip it into cream.· Transfer to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
· Slim people, like those who are overweight, are lured by modern food products.· Direct mail order sale of food products by food manufacturers and specialty shops has become big business.· Prepare a list of six food products that are available as store brands, generic brands, and national brands.· Cleanliness is essential when carrying a food product like sugar.· Read the labels on all food products for levels of fat content.· As future food products become diversified, so will the means for infection.· Advertising costs are supported by local food retailers and by manufacturers of food products.
· Nowhere is this more true than in food production.· It also privatized agricultural land, giving a huge boost to food production.· The introduction of cash crops in the 1930s further reduced the amount of land available for food production.· But despite impressive gains in food output globally, per capita food production remains low in many developing nations.· To understand government policies concerning food, we need to look at nutritional levels and the quantity and nature of food production.· In fact, in several countries, food production is at surplus levels, making exportation to neighboring countries possible.· Today the rate of increase in food production has exceeded the rate of increase in the total world population.· Human health can be compromised by industrialized food production, and our future regulations will have to change.
· Also, without sunlight, plants can not photo-synthesize, so there must have been a very considerable food shortage.· A water flea that is starving in a crowded pond is the victim not of food shortage but of competition.· During periods of relative food shortage males tend to move less; dispersion evidently reduces competition for resources.· Spirits around the house picked up for a while in November when our food shortage was suddenly eliminated.· First, is it the case that hunger and food shortages are the result of population pressure?· The report notes that a combination of soil degradation and poor rainfall have increased food shortages and poverty.· Protests over food shortages forced the Government to implement rationing schemes first devised by the Labour and Co-operative movement.
· They rely on four food sources, that from garden cultivation, from collecting, from hunting, and from fishing.· These schemes permit efficient recovery of water and oxygen but leave the problem of a food source unanswered.· If the dance takes place on a horizontal plane, then this waggled line will point directly at the food source.· A major food source of squirrels and many finches is totally absent this year.· The food-finder might instead single out one other nest mate, and then lead it alone back to the food source.· A second explanation is that antibiotic production is rooted in the plant material that is the food source.· They match the recruiting party to the size of the food source.· In winter it's a wildlife haven; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source.
· They had no right to food stamps or unemployment benefits.· At least 270, 000 legal immigrants would lose food stamps.· Example: Our food stamp program is designed to improve the diets of low-income families.· The bill would have made changes in the food stamp program but would have kept it under federal control.· That new job will mean free rent but fewer food stamps, he said.· The $ 418 worth of food stamps he got in February probably will be reduced to about $ 120.· Democrats favor providing for food stamps and Supplemental Security Income.· The department responsible for food stamps and improving conditions for the rural poor should rightfully be held to the highest human-rights standard.
· Rich food supplies are laid down within its cells and waterproof coats are wrapped round it.· They encourage corporate and individual responsibility by rewarding thoughtful management of food supply and demand.· Giant kelp is the sea urchins' chief food supply.· The other was an agricultural revolution based on chemical fertilizers, irrigation, and improved seed strains that dramatically expanded food supplies.· A guaranteed food supply will combine with a warner climate to boost their numbers.· The Mormons sold food supplies to the booming mining communities in the Intermountain West.· Clearly, in the long term, improving dietary habits and food supply is the most desirable approach.· Chimps go from small feeding bands to big groups depending on the nature of the food supply.
VERB· The only times Gina brought food in were those when she was entertaining.· But we also brought food, stones found along the way, wild flowers, and objects from our personal belongings.· Consumer reliance on processed and ready chilled foods has brought a new food poison to Britain: listeria.· Mattie said, bringing in the food.· Filter-feeding animals such as mussels benefit from the movement of the tides, which brings their food to them.· But he never brought food, which was not only very strange, but rude.· They had not thought it necessary to bring food.· It lived in the warehouse, and all the gang brought it food.
· How we buy food also has an influence on how much we eat of it at any one meal.· He would retrieve this hidden cache, giving Jinju four hundred to buy food and baby clothes.· A mistress was given money to buy food.· You have to go out and buy large quantities of food.· Also, buying canned or frozen food rather than fresh food cuts down our vitamin intake by as much as 25-30 percent.· Soo ran out of the shop to buy food.· I could then buy food and give Mom the change, so ensuring we ate adequately.· When they did, they learned that they were good at buying food and merchandising it in their stores.
· They include objects of precious metal. like the jewelry and famous gold mask, and food and clothing.· Rent, food, furniture, clothes...· The prisoners who escaped invariably turned up at their homes, where they were given accommodation, food and clothing.· We waited for food, clothing, medication.· An estimated 20m households depend on income from coffee to pay for food, clothing and education.· We delivered hot food, clothing, mail, and ammunition to them every day.· There is urgent need there for food and clothing.· Red Cross volunteers are providing food, clothing and temporary shelter to the residents.
· Meanwhile, the family owning the house cooked food and prepared drinks for all the people working.· There are also possible shortages of the natural gas used to cook food and heat homes and businesses.· The fire-fighter on mess duty will have collected money from his mates, bought the food and cooked it.· The sausage: The sausage cooked the food.· Use no salt when cooking any food at all.· The bird collected wood, the mouse made the fire and set the table, and the sausage cooked the food.· The wood-stoves that cook the food are extremely inefficient.· I can cook my own food.
· No food, nothing to drink.· I may not stop for food or drink.· In the restaurant business, it is simply the price of admission to offer good food and drink in a good location.· He didn't eat much food but he drank more rum than usual.· The wealthy came early, joined the host in the dining room for the best food and drink.· He ate food concentrate and drank stale metallic water.· As a welcome, relatives and friends leave out food and drink on the altar.
· Thereafter the reaction occurs obligingly every time they eat the food - but the response is a psychogenic one.· You eat the food they serve here?· This sets a bad example to teenagers, many of whom are overweight and eat too much junk food.· Some of these attributes do and some do not greatly affect the eating satisfaction of foods.· Susceptible people experience flushing and feel unwell when they eat foods containing these compounds.· But like Taller or Stillman, Ornish recommends that dieters stop eating an entire food group.· When I first left home at 17, I was a lot bigger because I used to eat loads of junk food.· It was clear after a period of eating the local food that there was no going back.
· To freeze food, a blast freezer should be employed.· As the marine hobby blossomed the demand for good frozen food designed for marine fishes and invertebrates increased tremendously.· We were freezing and had no food, so we tried to make our way down.· The bakery, frozen foods and other departments also will be expanded.· Whether fed on flake, frozen or live food, this fish seems to thrive.· These are meat-like patties found in the frozen food counter of the supermarket.· Vlasic reported grocery product sales of Dollars 287m last year, compared with Dollars 480m in sales from frozen foods.· Illiterates can not read instructions on a pack of frozen food.
· Long passages or stairs between the two make for difficulties in keeping food hot and clearing tables.· Practice these simple rules: Keep cold food cold.· Pete and Chrissie's baby couldn't keep its food down.· Handle it as little as possible. Keep hot food hot.· For example, the specialist Sun Frost range keeps food fresh for weeks rather than days if a power cut occurs.· The desire to talk was like some fantastic hunger; they were my torturers, keeping the food just beyond reach.· Yet the workers who tend the machine and keep open its food supplies must also eat.· We eat too much, diet too much, yet still we advocate keeping food as cheap as possible.
· Sefa-Dedeh is now developing a simple process to prepare a high protein food from cereals and legumes.· Auster retreated to the kitchen to prepare the food.· We all worked extremely hard in the next few days, cleaning all the rooms and preparing the food.· I noticed that to our right there was a large balcony equipped with facilities for preparing and serving food.· You also need to be aware of certain precautions that should be taken in the handling, preparing and storing of food.· In the mill it; has prepared the brothers' food and its duty is now to serve in making their clothing.· She had concentrated on keeping him warm and preparing the food he liked best.· Supermarkets, specialty food shops, bakeries and caterers are sources of quality prepared foods.
· As a writer, your sovereign responsibility is to produce real food by making truthful representations.· There are many more ways the ornamental gardener can satisfy a latent urge to produce food.· If there are problems of malnutrition and hunger, these can be tackled at source by attempts to produce more food.· The years of central planning had already produced food shortages in a country where livestock outnumber people by about 12 to one.· The nuts they produce are a wonderful food for humans and squirrels alike.· We produced more food, decade after decade, and saw the civilized nations becoming increasingly materialistic.· The rural community has produced more food than ever before, although not yet enough.
· They stopped providing the subsidized food which had made it possible to survive.· It provides food, shelter and case management for more than 70 families at one time.· A foreign charity provides food for the animals, and a veterinarian is called when one falls ill.· The men provide most of the food, so they dominate.· These provide food for nearly two-thirds of the world's population.· I had been providing food to keep this aggregation here.· When the war ended, the most pressing need was to provide food and fuel.· Coupons are provided both by local food retailers and by food processing companies.
· Either way it leaves both hands free to turn or serve the food.· The average hospital serves food that is neither appetizing nor nutritious.· Rachaela served the food and they ate it.· I noticed that to our right there was a large balcony equipped with facilities for preparing and serving food.· Voice over Landlords say they're increasingly serving more food than drink, especially in country pubs.· Another volunteer was Riccardo, thirty-five years old, whom I found helping to serve the food.· Maybe it should drop the bratwurst and strudel and serve junk food.· They will hand out the lunches, serve food in the suites and staff food stations in the stadium.
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1[countable, uncountable] things that people and animals eat, such as vegetables or meat: - The study on poverty certainly offers food for thought to America's leaders.
- And there is plenty of food for thought.
- He never got past the words food for thought.
- Ian Wright also had food for thought as he made a hasty exit from Arsenal's demoralised dressing room.
- It's food for thought, though.
- Jeffcoate W.. Obesity is a disease: food for thought.
- Several interesting issues present some food for thought, however.
- That building provides us with food for thought.
- The lack of parcels and buses gave us all some food for thought of late.
- Pollution is having a long-term impact on the food chain in the bay.
- Have you contributed a great deal this year to the butter mountain?
- The whole point of those reforms was to get rid of the food mountains.
The restaurant serves good food at affordable prices. I love Italian food, especially pasta. He was told to cut down on salty and fatty foods.2food for thought something that makes you think carefully: The teacher’s advice certainly gave me food for thought.GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Food is usually uncountable: · There was not enough food for everyone. ✗Don’t say: enough foods• Food is used as a countable noun when talking about particular types of food: · The doctor advised her to avoid fatty foods.· Butter is a healthy food.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesgood/excellent· The hotel was nice and the food was really good.delicious/tasty· Thanks for dinner – the food was delicious.fresh· The food is all so fresh.healthy· We try to give the kids good healthy food.nourishing/nutritious (=making you strong and healthy)· The food was nourishing but not particularly tasty.plain/simple (=without anything added or without decoration)· He liked eating simple food, nothing spicy.spicy (=with a hot taste)· Spanish food is not usually very spicy.hot food· She wanted a rest and some hot food.cold food· The cafeteria only serves cold food.Italian/French/Chinese etc food· The restaurant serves delicious Italian food.exotic food (=unusual because of being from a foreign country)· The shop specializes in selling exotic food like kangaroo and crocodile meat.fatty foods· Limit your intake of fatty foods.starchy foods (=food that contains a lot of starch)· Starchy foods include bread, rice, pasta, and potatoes.verbshave food· The family hadn’t had any food for days.eat food· He sat in the corner and ate his food.cook/prepare food· I have to cook some food for this evening.serve food (=give food to someone, especially in a restaurant)· She served food and cleared tables all evening.enjoy your food· I’ve never seen anyone enjoy their food so much.chew food· He chewed the food slowly and carefully.swallow food· While she was ill, she had trouble swallowing her food.digest food· Aphids have bacteria in their guts that help them digest food.food tastes good/delicious etc· The food at Jan’s house always tastes good.food smells good· The food smelt good to her.phrasesbe off your food British English (=not want to eat)· The baby is off his food.go off your food British English (=to stop wanting to eat)· Since becoming ill, he has gone off his food.nounsa food supply· The government must ensure an adequate food supply.the food industry· The food industry has responded to consumer concerns about health.food production (=the process of making or growing food to be sold)· Farmers have increased food production to meet demand.food products· The nutrient content of most food products is displayed on the packaging.food prices· Food prices have increased rapidly in recent months.a food shortage· He remembered the food shortages of the war years.a food scare (=when people are afraid to eat a particular food)· The meat industry has been badly affected by recent food scares.food colouring British English, food coloring American English· Dilute a little food colouring with water.food additives (=substances added to food in order to improve its taste or appearance)· These chemicals have been approved as food additives.THESAURUSfood noun [countable, uncountable] things that people and animals eat: · You can buy good fresh food in the market.· Do you like Japanese food?dish noun [countable] a type of food that is cooked in a particular way: · a traditional English dish· They also offer vegetarian dishes.speciality British English, specialty American English noun [countable] a type of food that a restaurant or place is famous for: · Fish dishes are a specialty of the region.· Home made pies are one of the hotel’s specialities.delicacy noun [countable] an unusual food which people in a particular place like to eat: · The local delicacies include laverbread (boiled seaweed).· I was keen to try out the local delicacies.diet noun [countable] the type of food that someone usually eats: · You shouldn’t have too much salt in your diet.· In the Andes, the main diet is beans, potatoes, and corn.cooking noun [uncountable] food made in a particular way, or by a particular person: · Herbs are used a lot in French cooking.· I love my Mum’s home cooking.cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/ noun [countable] formal the food you can eat in a particular restaurant, country, or area: · Italian cuisine· Trying the local cuisine is all part of the fun of travelling.nutrition noun [uncountable] food considered as something that is necessary for good health and growth: · a book on nutrition· Many homeless people suffer from poor nutrition.nourishment /ˈnʌrɪʃmənt $ ˈnɜː-, ˈnʌ-/ noun [uncountable] goodness that you get from food, which helps your body to stay healthy: · There's not much nourishment in fast food.fare noun [uncountable] formal the kind of food that is served in a place – used especially when saying how interesting it is: · In China you can feast on bird’s nest soup and other exotic fare.· Dinner was pretty standard fare (=the usual kind of food).types of foodfast food food such as hamburgers, which is prepared quickly and which you can take away with you to eat: · He ballooned to 300lbs on a diet of fast food.junk food food that is full of sugar or fat, and is bad for your health: · I used to eat loads of junk food.GM food British English food made from vegetables and animals that have had their genetic structure changed: · There has been a lot of research into the safety of GM food.organic food food that is produced without using harmful chemicals: · Shoppers are willing to pay more for organic food.health food food that is thought to be good for your health: · You can buy the ingredients in any good health food shop.superfood a type of food that is believed to be good for your health because it contains a lot of a particular type of vitamin, mineral etc: · Superfoods such as blueberries are often promoted as having magic health-giving properties.vegetarian food food that does not contain meat: · The restaurant specializes in vegetarian food.processed food food that has chemicals in it to make it last a long time: · The colourings and flavourings in processed food are chemicals produced in factories.canned food (also tinned food British English) food that is sold in cans: · We had to live on canned food for a week.· Tinned food was sent as emergency aid.frozen food food that is kept at a very low temperature to make it last a long time: · Some people claim that frozen food is just as healthy as fresh food.convenience food food that is sold in cans, packages etc, so that it can be prepared quickly and easily: · I found that I had more time to cook, instead of just heating up convenience food.baby food special food for babies: · The soup was horrible – it tasted like baby food.pet/dog/cat/bird etc food food for animals that you keep as pets: · She spent a fortune on pet food.