foodstuff

foodstuff [food-stuhf] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for foodstuff on Thesaurus.com noun

1. a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.

Origin of foodstuff First recorded in 1870–75; food + stuff Related Words for foodstuff fodder, grub, aliment, provender, sustenance, groceries, staple, pabulum, comestible, fare, nutrition, provisions, nourishment, provision, edible, victuals, nutriment, viands, viand, edibles Examples from the Web for foodstuff Contemporary Examples of foodstuff

Lobsters as a foodstuff have gone in and out of vogue numerous times over the past four centuries.

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Scott Bixby

June 7, 2014

Historical Examples of foodstuff

In the production of this foodstuff the country ranks third, and as a wheat-grower fifth.

Argentina

W. A. Hirst

Explain the difference between a food material and a foodstuff.

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Helen Kinne

“The foodstuff of an empire rattling o’er the stones,” he said.

Windy McPherson’s Son

Sherwood Anderson

What did you do with that foodstuff you took out of the pack there?

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Claude A. Labelle

So we can readily see that there is an enormous waste of foodstuff.

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British Dictionary definitions for foodstuff foodstuff noun

1. any material, substance, etc, that can be used as food

Word Origin and History for foodstuff n.

1870, from food + stuff (n.). Related: Foodstuffs.