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Antonyms for foods

Grammar : Noun
Spell : food
Phonetic Transcription : fud


Definition of foods

Origin :
  • Old English foda "food, nourishment; fuel," also figurative, from Proto-Germanic *fodon (cf. Gothic fodeins), from Germanic root *fod-, equivalent of PIE *pa- "to tend, keep, pasture, to protect, to guard, to feed" (cf. Greek pateisthai "to feed;" Latin pabulum "food, fodder," panis "bread," pasci "to feed," pascare "to graze, pasture, feed," pastor "shepherd," literally "feeder;" Avestan pitu- "food;" Old Church Slavonic pasti "feed cattle, pasture;" Russian pishcha "food").
  • Food chain is from 1917. Food poisoning attested by 1864; food processor in the kitchen appliance sense from 1973.
  • noun edible material
Example sentences :
  • Such material should be utilized in the preparation of these foods.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • It is this that distinguishes this class of foods from animal foods.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • (a) Why should care be exercised in the selection of foods to be canned?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • (b) How does meat compare in cost with the other daily foods?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • What can be done to balance the cost of foods used in a meal?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The importance of bulk in foods cannot be emphasized too much.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • How should a cellar in which foods is to be stored be built and cared for?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • You can tell what foods have starch in them by testing them with iodine.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Tell how a city should protect its foods; milk, meat, and exposed foods.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • In the matter of suitability of foods, much depends upon the local supply.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

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