FOOD COLOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does food color mean? 

• FOOD COLOR (noun)
  The noun FOOD COLOR has 1 sense:

1. a digestible substance used to give color to food

  Familiarity information: FOOD COLOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOD COLOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A digestible substance used to give color to food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coloring; colouring; food color; food coloring; food colour; food colouring

Context example:

food color made from vegetable dyes

Hypernyms ("food color" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

 Context examples 

An East Indian plant that is a member of the ginger family and is used as a spice and food color.

(Curcuma longa, NCI Dictionary)