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the things that people or animals eat
the food that you serve or eat at one time
food cooked in a particular way
food considered as something that keeps you healthy
food or the substances in food that are necessary for life, growth, and health
food and other goods for the home that you buy regularly
a food or drink that a person, a restaurant, or a region is well known for and that you cannot always get in other places
a particular type of food
… a language for human communication which has been invented and has not developed naturally
the difference between how much money you get when you sell something and how much it costs you...
spectacles; boiled sweets, candy; soft aniseed-flavoured jelly sweets coated with blue and pink sugar sprinkles
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Free thesaurus definition of general words for meals or food from the Macmillan English Dictionary - a free English dictionary online with thesaurus and with pronunciation from Macmillan Publishers Limited.