foods

NOUN

edible material

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bread cooking cuisine drink fare feed foodstuff meal meat snack

STRONG

aliment bite board cheer chow comestible cookery diet eatable eats fodder goodies grit groceries grub handout keep larder menu mess nourishment nutriment nutrition pabulum provision ration refreshment slop store subsistence support sustenance table tuck viand victual

WEAK

entrée fast food home cooking moveable feast take out vittles

Antonyms

STRONG

deprivation starvation

WEAK

beverage

Example Sentences

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The fuel powers the tractor-trailers and many of the freight trains that haul the goods and foods that end up on store shelves.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The study also reported that, among the foods tested, the highest PAH levels were found in soybean oil, followed by duck meat and canola oil.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Because the truth is, most of us cook from a much smaller constellation of foods than we think we do.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Over the last decade, he has noticed that tie-in foods have become increasingly outlandish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In heavily accented, hard to understand Castilian Spanish he described the necessity of eating portions of each of the foods on his chart every day.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago