food·stuff

[food-stuhf]
noun
a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.

Origin:
1870–75; food + stuff

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foodstuff (ˈfuːdˌstʌf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
any material, substance, etc, that can be used as food

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Foodstuff is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

foodstuff
1872, from food + stuff. Related: Foodstuffs.
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Example sentences
Vinegar is one tough foodstuff, the rubber tree of the food world.
Many algae make oil, which they store as a foodstuff against an uncertain
  future.
Many algae make oil, which they store as a foodstuff against an uncertain
  future.
To protagonists, it is simply the finest foodstuff that exists.
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