food

1. Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue (synset 100021445)
   is a type of: substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
   subtypes:

   • vitellus, yolk - nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
   • comfort food - food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking
   • comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals - any substance that can be used as food
   • fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
   • food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
   • aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals - a source of materials to nourish the body
   • commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals - a stock or supply of foods
   • feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
   • manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food - (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
   • beverage, drink, drinkable, potable - any liquid suitable for drinking
   • water - a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants
   • soul food - food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South
   • micronutrient - a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
   • chyme - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
   • culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
   has: food, solid food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
   same as: nutrient
2. Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment (synset 107571428)
   "food and drink"
   is a type of: solid - matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
   subtypes:

   • leftovers - food remaining from a previous meal
   • fresh food, fresh foods - food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking
   • convenience food - any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating
   • chocolate - a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
   • baked goods - foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
   • loaf - a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
   • meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
   • alimentary paste, pasta - shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
   • health food - any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health
   • junk food - food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value
   • breakfast food - any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast
   • garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce - fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
   • coconut, coconut meat - the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
   • dika bread - somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples
   • fish - the flesh of fish used as food
   • seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
   • butter - an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
   • yoghourt, yoghurt, yogurt - a custard-like food made from curdled milk
   • cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
   • slop - (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
   is a part of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
   same as: solid food
3. Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking (synset 105819240)
   is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
   subtypes: pabulum - insipid intellectual nourishment
   same as: food for thought, intellectual nourishment

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