nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

a source of materials to nourish the body

• milk — produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
• course — part of a meal served at one time
• dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat — something considered choice to eat
• dish — a particular item of prepared food
• fast food — inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly
• finger food — food to be eaten with the fingers
• ingesta — solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth
• kosher — food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
• meal, repast — the food served and eaten at one time
• mess — soft semiliquid food
• mince — food chopped into small bits
• puree — food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
• stodge — heavy filling (and usually starchy) food
• wheat germ — embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins
• vitamin pill — a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement
• vitamin — any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism

• food, nutrient — any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue