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[ food-stuhf ] / ˈfudˌstʌf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR foodstuff ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna substance used or capable of being used as nutriment. Origin of foodstuffFirst recorded in 1870–75; food + stuff Words nearby foodstufffood pyramid, food science, food security, food service, food stamp, foodstuff, food stylist, food truck, food vacuole, food vessel, food web Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foodstuffLobsters as a foodstuff have gone in and out of vogue numerous times over the past four centuries. My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered|Scott Bixby|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST In addition to the use of protein as a growth food it has another use which no other kind of foodstuff can share. Physiology|Ernest G. Martin This fact places the nut in an exceedingly important position as a foodstuff. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the|Various I refused all my food and was making an imposing collection of bowls of foodstuff. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney
And, lastly, the liquorice dance, which expresses an extraordinary contempt for that foodstuff. "The foodstuff of an empire rattling o'er the stones," he said. Windy McPherson's Son|Sherwood Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for foodstuff
nounany material, substance, etc, that can be used as food Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to foodstufffodder, grub, aliment, provender, sustenance, groceries, staple, pabulum, comestibles, fare, nutrition, provisions, nourishment, provision, edible, victuals, nutriment, viands, viand, edibles |