food: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with F · ends with D
Meaning of food
noun
- uncountable, usually
Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
Example: The innkeeper brought them food and drink.
- countable, usually
A foodstuff, a type of food.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
Anything that nourishes or sustains.
Example: The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.
- Multicultural-London-English, uncountable, usually
Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
Listed forms: foods.
Source: Wiktionary — food.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for food.
noun
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
noun
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
- food for thought
- intellectual nourishment
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is food in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of food
F(4) + O(1) + O(1) + D(2) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of food
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from food
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in food. Showing up to 24, longest first.