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foodstuff

[ food-stuhf ]

noun

  1. a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.


foodstuff

/ ˈfuːdˌstʌf /

noun

  1. any material, substance, etc, that can be used as food


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foodstuff1

First recorded in 1870–75; food + stuff

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Example Sentences

Lobsters as a foodstuff have gone in and out of vogue numerous times over the past four centuries.

As a child, cereal was more than mere packaged foodstuff; it was a passion.

The only animal foodstuff produced in a natural package, easily preserved and handled, is the egg.

Suppose they use this world to grow monstrous quantities of unattractive but useful foodstuff—in a way—wild?

With our sea scouts and air scouts spread in organised network around, not a shipload of foodstuff could reach the country.

But proteins are distinguished because they contain nitrogen in addition, which is found in no other foodstuff.

These were probably the first to demonstrate the non-absorbability of petroleum and its valuelessness as a foodstuff.

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