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foodstuff

 
Dictionary: food·stuff   (fūd'stŭf') pronunciation
n.
A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food.


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Thesaurus: foodstuff
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noun

    Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
  Synonym: grocery

Meaning #2: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
  Synonym: food product


Translations: Foodstuff
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - næringsmiddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
(rauw) etenswaar

Français (French)
n. - denrée alimentaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nahrungsmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρόφιμο, είδος διατροφής

Italiano (Italian)
alimentari, cibo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gênero (m) alimentício

Русский (Russian)
продукт питания, корм

Español (Spanish)
n. - alimentos, productos alimenticios

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - födoämne

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
食品, 粮食

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 食品, 糧食

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영양, 식품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 食糧, 栄養素

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مادة غذائيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חומר המתאים למאכל‬


 
 

 

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