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food·stuff
(fo͞od′stŭf′)n.
A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food.
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foodstuff
(ˈfuːdˌstʌf)n
(Cookery) any material, substance, etc, that can be used as food
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food•stuff
(ˈfudˌstʌf)n.
a substance used or capable of being used as food.
[1870–75]
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| Noun | 1. |  foodstuff - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocerconsumer goods - goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption greengrocery - groceries sold by a greengrocer packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| 2. |  foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as foodstarches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) breadstuff - flour or meal or grain used in baking bread coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring - a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes" concentrate - a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water meal - coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse roughage, fiber - coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis flour - fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain frozen food, frozen foods - food preserved by freezing dehydrated food, dehydrated foods - food preserved by dehydration carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, carob - powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings cocoa - powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" dairy product - milk and butter and cheese milk - any of several nutritive milklike liquids curd - a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd" concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" juice - the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking perishable, spoilable - food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated |
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foodstuff
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Translations
مَواد غِذائِيَّه
potraviny
fødevarelevnedsmiddelmadvare
élelmiszer
matvæli
gıda maddesiyiyecek
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
food
(fuːd) noun what living things eat. Horses and cows eat different food from dogs.
food centre, food stall a place where, a stall at which, food can be bought.
ˈfood-processor noun an electric machine that mixes, chops etc food.
ˈfoodstuff noun a material used for food. frozen foodstuffs.
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