Meanings
plural foodstuffs
- countableuncountableA material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
1 more example
The consumption of meat and wine demonstrates the heroes' close relationship to the gods, since these, unlike other foodstuffs, are always offered to the gods: a splash of wine from any drinking occasion is always poured for the gods (as a libation), and animals that are killed are always "sacrificed," never merely butchered.
2017, Emily Wilson, “Introduction”, in The Odyssey, →ISBN, Gods, page 36
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan aliment
- alimentmaterial that may be used as food
Chinese Mandarin 食品, 食物
- 食品 (shípǐn)material that may be used as food
- 食物 (shíwù)material that may be used as food
- 食材 (shícái)material that may be used as food
Czech potravina
- potravinamaterial that may be used as food
Danish fødevare, levnedsmiddel
- fødevarematerial that may be used as food
- levnedsmiddelmaterial that may be used as food
- madvarematerial that may be used as food
Dutch voedingswaren, levensmiddelen
- voedingswarenmaterial that may be used as food
- levensmiddelenmaterial that may be used as food
- voedselmaterial that may be used as food
Esperanto nutraĵo
- nutraĵomaterial that may be used as food
Finnish elintarvike
- elintarvikematerial that may be used as food
French aliment
- alimentmaterial that may be used as food
German Nahrungsmittel
- Nahrungsmittelmaterial that may be used as food
Hungarian élelmiszer
- élelmiszermaterial that may be used as food
Indonesian bahan makanan
- bahan makananmaterial that may be used as food
Italian derrata
- derratamaterial that may be used as food
Japanese 食品, 干物
- 食品 (shokuhin)material that may be used as food
- 干物 (himono)material that may be used as food
Korean 식품
- 식품 (sikpum)material that may be used as food
Malay barang makanan
- barang makananmaterial that may be used as food
Norwegian Bokmål næringsmiddel
- næringsmiddelmaterial that may be used as food
Polish artykuł żywnościowy
- artykuł żywnościowymaterial that may be used as food
Portuguese alimento
- alimentomaterial that may be used as food
Russian пищево́й проду́кт, проду́кт пита́ния
- пищево́й проду́кт (piščevój prodúkt)material that may be used as food
- проду́кт пита́ния (prodúkt pitánija)material that may be used as food
Slovak potravina
- potravinamaterial that may be used as food
Spanish nutriente, alimento
- nutrientematerial that may be used as food
- alimentomaterial that may be used as food
Swedish födoämne, livsmedel
- födoämnematerial that may be used as food
- livsmedelmaterial that may be used as food
- matvaramaterial that may be used as food
Tagalog lamantiyan
- lamantiyanmaterial that may be used as food
Thai ของกิน
- ของกิน (kɔ̌ɔng-gin)material that may be used as food
Vietnamese thực phẩm
- thực phẩmmaterial that may be used as food
Cite this entry
foodstuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foodstuff
“foodstuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foodstuff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foodstuff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foodstuff.
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