foods

NOUN

edible material

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bread cooking cuisine drink fare feed foodstuff meal meat snack

STRONG

aliment bite board cheer chow comestible cookery diet eatable eats fodder goodies grit groceries grub handout keep larder menu mess nourishment nutriment nutrition pabulum provision ration refreshment slop store subsistence support sustenance table tuck viand victual

WEAK

entrée fast food home cooking moveable feast take out vittles

Antonyms

STRONG

deprivation starvation

WEAK

beverage

Example Sentences

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Drink more water and try cold soups and other “water-rich foods to help you stay hydrated.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Dietitian Kate Hilton says she's drinking more iced water and eating cool, hydrating foods like cucumber, tomatoes, melon and frozen smoothies.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

A fervent local culinary movement is brewing, with chef-driven restaurants and traditional regional foods like Colima’s pozole seco, the state’s signature dish of “dry” pozole ingredients without the stock.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Growing interest in kombucha is part of a larger scientific focus on fermented foods.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

I insisted on “regular” lunch foods like peanut butter.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan