food
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
Noun 4 meanings
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
“The innkeeper brought them food and drink.”
A foodstuff, a type of food.
Anything that nourishes or sustains.
“The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.”
Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
Etymology
From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
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FOOD at a glance
FOOD has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + O 1 + D 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #363 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with food
All rhymes- GOOD6
- BLOOD8
- WOOD8
- UNDERSTOOD12
- STOOD6
- CHILDHOOD19
- NEIGHBORHOOD22
- MOOD7
- FLOOD9
- HOOD8
- NEIGHBOURHOOD23
- LIKELIHOOD18
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