whole food

noun

Food that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.

“Unpolished grains that retained their outer coating were a major linchpin of his diet of whole foods.”

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Meanings

nounwhole food (countable and uncountable, plural whole foods)

plural whole foods · alternative wholefood

  1. countableuncountableFood that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.

    Unpolished grains that retained their outer coating were a major linchpin of his diet of whole foods.

    1 more example

    Why, I asked, are so many other people so willing to follow her example and do what she says. “People are sick of being sick,” she replied. “Also, young people who have hurt themselves with drugs are swinging away from drugs as an impure, unwholesome thing, back to the wholesomeness of whole food.”

    1973 May 20, Daniel Yergin, “‘Let's Get Adelle Davis Right’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 純天然食品 /纯天然食品, 無加工食品 /无加工食品
  • 純天然食品 /纯天然食品 (chúntiānrán shípǐn)unprocessed food
  • 無加工食品 /无加工食品 (wújiāgōng shípǐn)unprocessed food
  • 原型食物 (yuánxíng shíwù)unprocessed food
  • 全食 (quánshí)unprocessed food
Finnish luontaistuote, whole food
  • luontaistuoteunprocessed food
  • whole foodunprocessed food
Cite this entry
APA

whole food. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole%20food

MLA

“whole food.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole%20food. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whole food,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole%20food.

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