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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food, often taken by several individuals |
| Synonyms: | blue plate, board, breakfast, brunch, carryout, chow time, chow, collation, cookout, dessert, din-din, dinner, eats, fare, feast, feed, grub, lunch, luncheon, mess, munchies, picnic, potluck, refection, refreshment, regalement, repast, snack, special*, spread, square meal, supper, table, tea, together banquet |
| Antonyms: | snack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cuisine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | cooking, dishes, eats, fare, grub, meal, menu |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | animal food, barley, corn, fodder, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles |
| Main Entry: | feed on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite, ingest, live on, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck, pig out, prey on, scarf, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fodder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal feed |
| Synonyms: | animal food, barley, corn, food, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles |
| Main Entry: | food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible material |
| Synonyms: | aliment, bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow, comestible, cookery, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, foodstuff, goodies, grit, groceries, grub, handout, home cooking, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, moveable feast, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, take out, tuck, viand, victual, vittles |
| Antonyms: | beverage, drink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | helping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of food |
| Synonyms: | allowance, course, dollop, meal, order, piece, plateful, ration, serving, share |
| Main Entry: | powder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid |
| Synonyms: | crumb, dust, film, grain, grit, meal, particle, pounce, pulverulence, seed, talc |
| Antonyms: | solid |
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