FOODSTUFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foodstuff mean? 

• FOODSTUFF (noun)
  The noun FOODSTUFF has 2 senses:

1. (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

2. a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

  Familiarity information: FOODSTUFF used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOODSTUFF (noun)

Sense 1

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"):

packaged goods (groceries that are packaged for sale)

greengrocery (groceries sold by a greengrocer)

Sense 2

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 animal to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foodstuff"):

perishable; spoilable (food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated)

juice (the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking)

concoction; intermixture; mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)

curd (a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd)

milk (any of several nutritive milklike liquids)

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)

egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)

fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)

cereal; food grain; grain (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

cocoa (powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed)

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)

dehydrated food; dehydrated foods (food preserved by dehydration)

canned food; canned foods; canned goods; tinned goods (food preserved by canning)

frozen food; frozen foods (food preserved by freezing)

flour (fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain)

fiber; roughage (coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis)

meal (coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse)

concentrate (a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water)

coloring; colouring; food color; food coloring; food colour; food colouring (a digestible substance used to give color to food)

breadstuff (flour or meal or grain used in baking bread)

starches (foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread))

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by abnormal sensual experience with the taste of foodstuffs; it can be related to a decrease in the sense of smell.

(Dysgeusia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Abnormal appreciation of the taste of foodstuffs, can be related to decreased sense of smell.

(Dysgeusia, NCI Thesaurus)

The fundamental nutritional components that constitute an organism's daily intake of foodstuffs.

(Basal Diet, NCI Thesaurus)