foodstuff — food‧stuff [ˈfuːdstʌf] noun [countable, uncountable] a substance regularly used as food, especially one that is produced and sold as a product: • a sharp rise in the price of foodstuffs • Most of the imports consist of essential foodstuffs (=… … Financial and business terms
foodstuff — (n.) 1870, from FOOD (Cf. food) + STUFF (Cf. stuff) (n.). Related: Foodstuffs … Etymology dictionary
foodstuff — ► NOUN ▪ a substance suitable for consumption as food … English terms dictionary
foodstuff — [fo͞od′stuf΄] n. any substance used as food … English World dictionary
foodstuff — UK [ˈfuːdˌstʌf] / US [ˈfudˌstʌf] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms foodstuff : singular foodstuff plural foodstuffs formal a type of food … English dictionary
foodstuff — noun Date: 1872 a substance with food value; specifically the raw material of food before or after processing … New Collegiate Dictionary
foodstuff — /foohd stuf /, n. a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment. [1870 75; FOOD + STUFF] * * * … Universalium
foodstuff — noun An instance of material which may be used as food … Wiktionary
foodstuff — food·stuff füd .stəf n a substance with food value esp a specific nutrient (as a fat or protein) … Medical dictionary
foodstuff — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual.… … English dictionary for students
