Thesaurus:food
THESAURUS | food |
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Synonyms
- aliment
- bait
- belly-timber (archaic)
- chow (slang)
- comestibles (formal)
- cuisine
- eatables
- eats (slang)
- edibles
- feed (for domesticated animals)
- fodder (for domesticated animals)
- foodstuffs
- food
- grub (slang)
- kai (New Zealand)
- meals
- munchable
- nibbles
- nosebag (informal)
- nosh
- nourishment
- om nom nom (Internet slang)
- provender (dated)
- provisions
- rations
- scran (Northern England)
- sustenance
- tiffin (Britain, India)
- tucker
- tuck (Britain, dated)
- victuals (archaic)
- vittles (colloquial)
Hyponyms
- cake [WS]
- dairy product [WS]
- fruit [WS]
- grain [WS]
- meat [WS]
- nut [WS]
- pasta [WS]
- sandwich [WS]
- vegetable [WS]
Meronyms
- seasoning [WS]
- —
- carbohydrate [WS]
- fat [WS]
- protein [WS]
- vitamin [WS]
- mineral
- trace element
Metonyms
- dish
Coordinate terms
- beverage [WS]
Notes
In semantic relations in Thesaurus, "food" is implied to mean "an item of food".
See also
- Thesaurus:alimentary
- Thesaurus:cook
- Thesaurus:kitchenware
- Category:Foods
Further reading
- “298. food” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “food” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.