What's the exact definition of food?

Answer 1

Food is any substance, usually comprised primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by animals (including humans) for nutrition and/or pleasure.[1]

Most cultures have a recognizable cuisine: a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy.[2] The study of food is called food science. In English, the term food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in food for thought.

Answer 2

food  /fud/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[food] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
2. more or less solid nourishment, as distinguished from liquids.
3. a particular kind of solid nourishment: a breakfast food; dog food.
4. whatever supplies nourishment to organisms: plant food.
5. anything serving for consumption or use: food for thought.

food (fd) Pronunciation Key
n.
Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.
A specified kind of nourishment: breakfast food; plant food.
Nourishment eaten in solid form: food and drink.
Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment: food for thought; food for the soul.

food (fd)
n.

Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.
Main Entry: food
Pronunciation: 'füd
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy; also : such material together with supplementary substances (as minerals, vitamins, and condiments)
2 : nutriment in solid form

food



Ethnic. Spicy. Oriental, esp. Chinese and most esp. Szechuan,
Hunan, and Mandarin (hackers consider Cantonese vaguely de'classe').
Hackers prefer the exotic; for example, the Japanese-food fans among
them will eat with gusto such delicacies as fugu (poisonous pufferfish)
and whale. Thai food has experienced flurries of popularity. Where
available, high-quality Jewish delicatessen food is much esteemed. A
visible minority of Southwestern and Pacific Coast hackers prefers
Mexican.

For those all-night hacks, pizza and microwaved burritos are big.
Interestingly, though the mainstream culture has tended to think of
hackers as incorrigible junk-food junkies, many have at least mildly
health-foodist attitudes and are fairly discriminating about what they
eat. This may be generational; anecdotal evidence suggests that the
stereotype was more on the mark before the early 1980s.

food

Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man
(Gen. 1:29), with the exception mentioned (2:17). The use of animal food was
probably not unknown to the antediluvians. There is, however, a distinct law on
the subject given to Noah after the Deluge (Gen. 9:2-5). Various articles of
food used in the patriarchal age are mentioned in Gen. 18:6-8; 25:34; 27:3, 4;
43:11. Regarding the food of the Israelites in Egypt, see Ex. 16:3; Num. 11:5.
In the wilderness their ordinary food was miraculously supplied in the manna.
They had also quails (Ex. 16:11-13; Num. 11:31). In the law of Moses there are
special regulations as to the animals to be used for food (Lev. 11; Deut.
14:3-21). The Jews were also forbidden to use as food anything that had been
consecrated to idols (Ex. 34:15), or animals that had died of disease or had
been torn by wild beasts (Ex. 22:31; Lev. 22:8). (See also for other
restrictions Ex. 23:19; 29:13-22; Lev. 3:4-9; 9:18, 19; 22:8; Deut. 14:21.) But
beyond these restrictions they had a large grant from God (Deut. 14:26; 32:13,
14). Food was prepared for use in various ways. The cereals were sometimes
eaten without any preparation (Lev. 23:14; Deut. 23:25; 2 Kings 4:42).
Vegetables were cooked by boiling (Gen. 25:30, 34; 2 Kings 4:38, 39), and thus
also other articles of food were prepared for use (Gen. 27:4; Prov. 23:3; Ezek.
24:10; Luke 24:42; John 21:9). Food was also prepared by roasting (Ex. 12:8;
Lev. 2:14).

Answer 3

1.any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
2.more or less solid nourishment, as distinguished from liquids.
3.a particular kind of solid nourishment: a breakfast food; dog food.
4.whatever supplies nourishment to organisms: plant food.
5.anything serving for consumption or use: food for thought.

Answer 4

Dictionary.com gives this as a definition.
I am not sure if it is exact - but it is a definition.

any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.

Answer 5

any material, usually of plant or animal origin, containing or consisting of essential body nutrients, as carbohydrates, fats, prteins, vitamins or minerals, that is taken in and assimilated by an organism to maintain life and growth.

now, i actually looked that up in my dictionary and typed it all for you. i think i should get the best answer. ;) ;) :)

Answer 6

food{fu:d}n. substances eaten by people and animals or taken in by plants; f.poisoning=illness caused by sth eaten.
food-stuff, n. thing that can be eaten.

Answer 7

a digestible substance for preserving life

Answer 8

Sustenance to keep us alive.What we put in our bodies to keep us healthy.

Answer 9

to feed a craving

Answer 10

hungry fixer upper