Definition of food

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Food (n.) What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment..

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Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon..
Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack..
Conch :: Conch (n.) One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food..
Diet :: Diet (n.) Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.
Palatable :: Palatable (a.) Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..
Salt :: Salt (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles..
Centrolecithal :: Centrolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal..
Foodless :: Foodless (a.) Without food; barren.
Calorificient :: Calorificient (a.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation..
Gullet :: Gullet (n.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
Baleen :: Baleen (n.) Plates or blades of whalebone, from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop..
Grateful :: Grateful (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep..
Hearty :: Hearty (superl.) Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal..
Victuals :: Victuals (n. pl.) Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands..
Cocoanut :: Cocoanut (n.) The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil..
Breadthwinner :: Breadthwinner (n.) The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) An animal which steals the food of another, as the parasitic jager..
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