Dictionary entry details
• FOODSTUFF (noun)
Meaning:
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
foodstuff; grocery
Hypernyms ("foodstuff" is a kind of...):
consumer goods (goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foodstuff"):
greengrocery (groceries sold by a greengrocer)
packaged goods (groceries that are packaged for sale)
Meaning:
A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
food product; foodstuff
Hypernyms ("foodstuff" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foodstuff"):
cocoa (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)
cereal; food grain; grain (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)
fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)
egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)
dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)
milk (any of several nutritive milklike liquids)
curd (a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd)
concoction; intermixture; mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)
juice (the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue)
tapioca (granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings)
carob; carob powder; Saint-John's-bread (powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute)
breadstuff (flour or meal or grain used in baking bread)
coloring; colouring; food color; food coloring; food colour; food colouring (a digestible substance used to give color to food)
concentrate (a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water)
meal (coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse)
roughage (coarse food high in fiber but low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates peristalsis)
flour (fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain)
frozen food; frozen foods (food preserved by freezing)
canned food; canned foods; canned goods; tinned goods (food preserved by canning)
dehydrated food; dehydrated foods (food preserved by dehydration)
perishable; spoilable (food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated)
