Definitions for foods
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1. foods

   Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Different species of animals have different feeding behaviours that satisfy the needs of their unique metabolisms, often evolved to fill a specific ecological niche within specific geographical contexts. Omnivorous humans are highly adaptable and have adapted to obtain food in many different ecosystems. The majority of the food energy required is supplied by the industrial food industry, which produces food with intensive agriculture and distributes it through complex food processing and food distribution systems. This system of conventional agriculture relies heavily on fossil fuels, which means that the food and agricultural system is one of the major contributors to climate change, accountable for as much as 37% of total greenhouse gas emissions.The food system has significant impacts on a wide range of other social and political issues including: sustainability, biological diversity, economics, population growth, water supply, and access to food. Food safety and food security are monitored by international agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council.

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1. foodsnoun

   Plural noun of food.

   The restaurant had a wide variety of foods and drink on their menu, we were very grateful to visit with our family and eat and have fun in a joyful, fun atmosphere.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 16, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'foods' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4299

Anagrams for foods »

1. doofs

How to pronounce foods?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foods in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foods in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of foods in a Sentence

1. J. Martin Kohe:

   Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.

2. Rob Reid:

   I still eat the foods I enjoy.

3. Matti Marklund:

   We found those with the highest levels actually had the lowest risk of CVD( cardiovascular disease). These relationships are highly interesting, but we need further studies to better understand the full health impact of dairy fats and dairy foods.

4. Kelli Pennington:

   It happened so fast, we left our tents, hammock and some foods, but we got most of our things, shoved our two kids in the car and left.

5. Van Horn:

   To consume all of those recommended foods encompasses the vast majority of their calorie allowance leaving very few' discretionary' or empty sugary calories without causing weight gain.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foods