food

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun
1 [U] things that people or animals eat: a shortage of food / food shortages + food and drink + the food industry
2 [C, U] a particular type of food: Do you like Italian food? + frozen foods + a can of dog food (= for a dog to eat) + He's off his food (= he does not want to eat anything).
See also - CONVENIENCE FOOD, FAST FOOD, HEALTH FOOD, JUNK FOOD, SEAFOOD, SOUL FOOD, WHOLEFOOD
Idioms: food for thought an idea that makes you think seriously and carefully: The programme certainly provides plenty of food for thought.+ noun
1 a part of a coat, etc. that you can pull up to cover the back and top of your head: a jacket with a detachable hood
2 a piece of fabric put over sb's face and head so that they cannot be recognized or so that they cannot see
3 a piece of coloured silk or fur worn over an academic GOWN to show the kind of degree held by the person wearing it
4 (especially BrE) a folding cover over a car, etc: We drove all the way with the hood down.
5 (AmE) = BONNET (2)
6 a cover placed over a device or machine, for example, to protect it: a lens hood + an extractor hood (= one that removes cooking smells from a kitchen)
7 (slang, especially AmE) = HOODLUM (1)

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

nourishment, nutriment, aliment, sustenance, subsistence; foodstuffs, edibles, eatables, viands, bread, victuals, rations, provisions, comestibles, Brit commons, Colloq grub, eats, chow, Brit scoff, prog:

Without any food for days, the survivors were near starvation.

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

delicious, excellent, good, superb, tasty, wonderful | favourite | decent | adequate, enough, sufficient

Everyone has the right to adequate food and clean water.

| ample | basic, everyday, staple

lower fat alternatives to everyday foods Retail prices of staple foods remain unchanged.

| plain, simple | exotic, speciality | fine, gourmet, quality

Our restaurant serves the finest food.

| cheap | bad, poor, unhealthy | healthy, nourishing, nutritious, proper, the right, wholesome

Healthy food can and should be delicious Lack of proper food led to much illness among seamen. It's is important to get plenty of exercise and to eat the right foods.

| diet, health

Essential oils can be bought from most good health food shops

| rabbit

(informal, disapproving) My father preferred to eat meat and hated rabbit food (= lettuce and other raw vegetables normally found in salads).

| fast, junk, snack, takeaway | hot | cold | raw, uncooked | leftover | rotten | fresh | natural | organic | frozen | canned, tinned | processed | convenience, ready-made, ready-prepared | fatty, fried, starchy, stodgy

She is trying to cut down on fatty foods.

| high-calorie, rich

Avoid rich foods like pastries.

| sugary, sweet | savoury, spicy | Greek, Indian, etc. | vegetarian | genetically-modified

Campaigners are challenging the safety of genetically-modified foods.

| animal, vegetable

Omnivores are able to eat animal or vegetable food.

| solid

The baby refuses to swallow any solid food.

| baby | cat, dog, fish, pet | hospital, party, prison, pub, restaurant | imported

QUANT.

portion, plate | morsel, scrap

They moved from village to village begging scraps of food.

VERB + FOOD

consume, eat, have

the amount of food that an average family consumes in a week You should eat more fresh foods. She had had no food for two days.

| enjoy, like

He obviously enjoys good food.

| live on

people who live on junk food

| be off, go off

The dog has gone off its food.

| avoid, cut down on, cut out | be/go short of, run short of

Thecity was under siege and began torun short of food.

| be without, go without, live without

We hadbeen days without food.

| offer (sb)

The centre offers food andaccommodation for students. |

give sb, provide (sb with), serve (sb), supply (sb with) a

restaurant that serves goodhealthy food Thanks tointernational aid, the town hadbeen supplied with food for ninemonths.

| feed sb/sth (on)

Healways fed Whiskers the best catfood. She fed her baby onwholesome food.

| handle

Alwaystake great care when handlingfood.

| cook, do, make, prepare

A lot of people can't be botheredto cook good food. Who's doingthe food for the party?

| smell, taste

Taste the food and tell mewhat you think.

| cut (up)

Pleasecut up the food for your babysister.

| pick at

He had lost hisappetite and picked at his food. |

play with

Stop playing with yourfood like a baby!

| chew | swallow | bolt, gulp (down)

Shetold the kids not to gulp downtheir food.

| digest | order

Theysat down at the restaurant tableand immediately ordered theirfood.

| grow | import | beg (for), hunt for, look for, search for, scavenge for

The femaleeagle broods and the male huntsfor food.

| find

Most mammalsuse their sense of smell to findfood.

| keep, store

Keep foodfresher for longer with our newsealable containers. Bears storefood for the winter.

| put out

Heput out food for the birds.

| share

FOOD + VERB

smell, taste

Does the food taste good?

| be in short supply, be short

We have strikes, food is short and the queues grow longer.

| run out

FOOD + NOUN

resource, source, supply

Fruits are an important food source for bats. The seaside fish market is a ready food supply for scavenging seabirds.

| supplies

The UN has b

| stuff

(also

foodstuff)

Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free.

| crop, plant

Peasants were encouraged to grow basic food crops such as beans and corn.

| product

The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.

| consumption | intake

His doctor warned him to reduce his daily food intake.

| preparation | hygiene, safety | scare

There has been a food scare over salmonella in eggs.

| distribution | crisis, shortage | rationing, rations | industry, market

The country intends to increase its share of the European food market.

| manufacturing, production | company, manufacturer, producer | market, outlet, retailer, shop, store, supplier

Britain's first organic food market a fast food outlet

| prices | bill

I am trying to cut my weekly food bill by one third.

| policy

EU food policy

| poisoning | additives | colouring | processor

Blend the egg yolks, lemon juice and herbs in a food processor.

| chain

Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain.

PREP.

for ~

killing animals for food

| without ~

After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.

PHRASES

food and drink

Gina had prepared food and drink for the work party.

| food and water

Food and water were running out.

| food and wine

The Dordogne region is famous for its food and wine.

| a smell of food

There was a smell of food from the kitchen

| a supply of food

The ocean provided the villagers with an endless supply of food.

| the taste of food

the characteristic taste of our food

Concise English dictionary

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foodsfuːd
noun
+any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue
+any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
+anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking