- food
- nounADJECTIVE▪ delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful▪ favourite/favorite▪ decent▪ real▪ adequate, enough, sufficient▪
Everyone has the right to adequate food and clean water.
▪ ample▪ basic, everyday, staple▪lower fat alternatives to everyday foods
▪Retail prices of staple foods remain unchanged.
▪ traditional▪ plain, simple▪ exotic, speciality (BrE), specialty (AmE)▪ fine, gourmet, quality▪Our restaurant serves the finest food.
▪ cheap▪ bad, poor, unhealthy▪ healthful (esp. AmE), healthy, nourishing, nutritious, proper, the right, wholesome▪Healthy food can and should be delicious
▪Lack of proper food led to much illness among seamen.
▪It's is important to get plenty of exercise and to eat the right foods.
▪ diet, health▪Essential oils can be bought from most good health food stores
▪ rabbit (informal, disapproving)▪My father preferred to eat meat and hated rabbit food (= salad vegetables).
▪ fast, junk, snack▪ carry-out (AmE), takeaway (BrE), takeout (AmE)▪ hot▪ cold▪ raw, uncooked▪ leftover▪ rotten▪ fresh▪ natural▪ whole (usually wholefood)▪ organic▪ frozen▪ dry▪ canned, tinned (BrE)▪ processed▪ convenience▪ fatty, fried, high-fat, starchy, stodgy (esp. BrE)▪She is trying to cut down on fatty foods.
▪ high-calorie, rich▪Avoid rich foods like pastries.
▪ sugary, sweet▪ savoury/savory (esp. BrE), spicy▪ Chinese, Indian, Mexican, etc.▪ vegetarian▪ dairy▪ genetically engineered, genetically modified (abbreviated to GM)▪Campaigners are challenging the safety of genetically modified foods.
▪ animal, plant, vegetable (= food that comes from animals/plants)▪Omnivores are able to eat animal or vegetable food.
▪ solid▪The baby refuses to swallow any solid food.
▪ baby▪ cat, dog, fish, pet▪ animal, plant (= food for animals/plants)▪ diner (AmE), hospital, party, prison, pub (BrE), restaurant▪ imported▪ comfort▪Ice cream is my comfort food of choice (= food that makes me feel happier).
… OF FOOD▪ plate, portion▪ morsel, scrap▪They moved from town to town begging scraps of food.
VERB + FOOD▪ consume, eat, have▪the amount of food that an average family consumes in a week
▪You should eat more fresh foods.
▪She had had no food for two days.
▪ enjoy, like, love▪He obviously enjoys good food.
▪ live on▪people who live on junk food
▪ be off, go off (BrE)▪The dog is off its food.
▪ avoid, cut back on (esp. AmE), cut down on (esp. BrE), cut out▪ be short of, go short of, run short of▪The city was under siege and began to run short of food.
▪ be without, go without, live without, survive without▪We had been days without food.
▪ offer (sb)▪Fast-food companies are starting to offer their customers healthier food.
▪ give sb, provide (sb with), serve (sb), supply (sb with)▪a restaurant that serves good healthy food
▪Thanks to international aid, the town had been supplied with food for nine months.
▪ feed sb/sth, feed sb/sth on▪He always fed Whiskers the best cat food.
▪She fed her baby on wholesome food.
▪ handle▪Always take great care when handling food.
▪ cook, do, make, prepare▪A lot of people can't be bothered to cook good food.
▪Who's doing the food for the party?
▪ smell, taste▪Taste the food and tell me what you think.
▪ cut, cut up▪Please cut up the food for your baby sister.
▪ pick at▪He had lost his appetite and picked at his food.
▪ play with▪Stop playing with your food like a baby!
▪ chew▪ swallow▪ gulp, gulp down▪She told the kids not to gulp down their food.
▪ digest▪ order▪They sat down at the restaurant table and immediately ordered their food.
▪ grow, produce▪Farmers are not producing enough food for the country's growing population.
▪ import▪ buy, sell▪ beg, beg for, hunt for, look for, scavenge for, search for▪They slept in the open and begged (for) food from farmers.
▪The male eagle hunts for food.
▪ find▪Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food.
▪ keep, store▪Keep food fresher for longer with our new sealable containers.
▪Bears store food for the winter.
▪ contaminate▪ put out▪He put out food for the birds.
▪ shareFOOD + VERB▪ smell, taste▪Does the food taste good?
▪ be in short supply, be short▪Food is short here, and people go hungry.
▪ run out▪ arrive, come▪When their food arrived they ate in silence.
▪ contain▪Try to eat a variety of foods that contain protein.
FOOD + NOUN▪ resource, source, supply▪Fruit is an important food source for bats.
▪The fish market is a ready food supply for seabirds.
▪ supplies▪The UN has been issuing emergency food supplies to the refugees.
▪ stuff (usually foodstuff)▪Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free.
▪ crop, plant▪basic food crops such as beans and corn
▪ group▪ item, product▪The labels on food products give information about their nutritional content.
▪ consumption, intake▪His doctor warned him to reduce his daily food intake.
▪ quality▪ preparation▪ hygiene (esp. BrE), safety, security▪ scare (esp. BrE)▪There has been a food scare over salmonella in eggs.
▪ allergy▪ distribution▪ crisis, shortage▪ rationing, rations▪ stamp (AmE)▪ industry, market, service▪We intend to increase our share of the food market.
▪ manufacturing, production, system▪ company, manufacturer, producer▪ court (AmE), market, outlet, retailer, shop, store, supplier▪the food court at the shopping mall
▪Britain's first organic food market
▪a fast food outlet
▪ prices▪ bill▪I am trying to cut my weekly food bill by one third.
▪ policy, programme/program▪US food policy
▪ poisoning▪ additives▪ colouring/coloring▪ label▪ processor▪Blend the egg yolks, lemon juice and herbs in a food processor.
▪ chain, web▪Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain.
PREPOSITION▪ for food▪animals that are killed for food
▪ without food▪After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.
PHRASES▪ food and drink (BrE), food and drinks (AmE)▪Gina had prepared food and drink/drinks for the party.
▪ food and water▪Food and water were running out.
▪ food and wine▪The Dordogne region is famous for its food and wine.
▪ a smell of food▪There was a smell of food from the kitchen
▪ a supply of food▪The ocean provides the people with an endless supply of food.
▪ the taste of food▪the characteristic taste of our food
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
