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Grammar : Noun
Spell : food-stuhf
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfudˌstʌf



Definition of foodstuff

Origin :
  • 1870, from food + stuff (n.). Related: Foodstuffs.
  • noun food
Example sentences :
  • In the production of this foodstuff the country ranks third, and as a wheat-grower fifth.
  • Extract from : « Argentina » by W. A. Hirst
  • Explain the difference between a food material and a foodstuff.
  • Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne
  • "The foodstuff of an empire rattling o'er the stones," he said.
  • Extract from : « Windy McPherson's Son » by Sherwood Anderson
  • What did you do with that foodstuff you took out of the pack there?
  • Extract from : « The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves » by Claude A. Labelle
  • So we can readily see that there is an enormous waste of foodstuff.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the » by Various
  • Bread: A foodstuff which the rich occasionally give to the poor as a substitute for cake.
  • Extract from : « The Roycroft Dictionary » by Elbert Hubbard
  • One of the most significant of these is the necessity for taking account of the nature of the ash left by a foodstuff in the body.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
  • In addition to the use of protein as a growth food it has another use which no other kind of foodstuff can share.
  • Extract from : « Physiology » by Ernest G. Martin
  • And, lastly, the liquorice dance, which expresses an extraordinary contempt for that foodstuff.
  • Extract from : « My Little Boy » by Carl Ewald
  • This fact places the nut in an exceedingly important position as a foodstuff.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the » by Various

Synonyms for foodstuff

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