food

food
n
1. nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, subsistence; aliment, viands, bread, foodstuffs, solids, edibles, Inf. grub, Sl. eats, Sl. chow, Chiefly Brit. Sl. scoff; victuals, provisions, rations, commons, comestibles, Western U.S. Sl. chuck, Brit. Sl. prog; board, fare, meals, menu, table,diet, regimen; mess, swill, Inf. glop, Sl. slop.
2.See fodder.

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