| Main Entry: | meal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food, often taken by several individuals |
Synonyms: |
blue plate, board, breakfast, brunch, carryout, chow time, chow, collation, cookout, dessert, din-din, dinner, eats, fare, feast, feed, grub, lunch, luncheon, mess, munchies, picnic, potluck, refection, refreshment, regalement, repast, snack, special*, spread, square meal, supper, table, tea, together banquet |
Antonyms: |
snack |
| Main Entry: | banquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal dinner, usually ceremonial |
Synonyms: |
feast, festivity, fete, meal, reception, regale, repast, spread, treat |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
Synonyms: |
absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
fast, starve |
| Main Entry: | cuisine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
Synonyms: |
cooking, dishes, eats, fare, grub, meal, menu |
| Main Entry: | eats |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
Synonyms: |
chow, comestibles, eatables, fare, grub, meals, nosh, nourishment, nutriment, provisions, rations, snacks, sustenance, tidbits, victuals, vittles |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food served at meals |
Synonyms: |
commons, diet, eatables, eats, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop, sustenance, swill, table, victuals |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
Synonyms: |
animal food, barley, corn, fodder, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles |
| Main Entry: | feed on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
Synonyms: |
devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite, ingest, live on, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck, pig out, prey on, scarf, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment |
| Main Entry: | fodder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal feed |
Synonyms: |
animal food, barley, corn, food, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles |
| Main Entry: | food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible material |
Synonyms: |
aliment, bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow, comestible, cookery, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, foodstuff, goodies, grit, groceries, grub, handout, home cooking, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, moveable feast, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, take out, tuck, viand, victual, vittles |
Antonyms: |
beverage, drink |