macrobiotic
Use Macrobiotic in a sentence
roʊ adjective
1.
of or pertaining to macrobiotics or its dietary practices.
2.
of, pertaining to, or serving macrobiotic food: a macrobiotic restaurant.
3.
4.
lengthening the life span.
noun
5.
a person who adheres to the principles of macrobiotics or who follows its dietary practices.
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Macrobiotic
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to macrobiotics |
| 2. | of a diet comprising only food conforming to the principles of macrobiotics |
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Example sentences
Peach pits, open chakras, macrobiotic diets: cancer patients get more unsolicited advice than they could possibly follow.
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