HEALTH FOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does health food mean? 

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

1. any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEALTH FOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

Domain member category:

organic (of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones)

 Context examples 

Many of us would love to believe that chocolate is a health food.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)