Tra từ food - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of food
2 food and your health
3 keeping food
shops which sell food SHOP
containers for food CONTAINER
see also COOK, DRINK, EAT, MEAL, TASTE

1 different kinds of food
- the general word for things that people usually eat: food (noun U/C)
food and drink ◎ food shopping ◎ baby food ◎ a food store ◎ frozen foods
- a type of food prepared in a particular way: dish
There are some really nice dishes in that recipe book. ◎ She served up a delicious dish of beef and dumplings.
※ food that comes from animals BIRD², EGG, FISH², MEAT
- food that is made from milk BUTTER, CHEESE, MILK
- food that comes from plants FRUIT, NUT, POTATO, RICE, VEGETABLE
- plants that are produced for food on farms FARM
- food that is made from flour BREAD, CAKE, FLOUR
- food that is eaten at breakfast BREAKFAST
※ some kinds of cooked food (with meat and vegetables)
- meat and vegetables in liquid, cooked slowly in the oven: casserole (noun C/U), stew (noun C/U)
a chicken casserole ◎ beef stew
- meat or vegetables cooked in strong spices: curry (noun C/U)
vegetable/chicken curry
- meat or vegetables cooked in pastry or with a layer of potato on top: pie
chicken pie ◎ shepherd's pie (= minced meat with potato on top)
- a dish of vegetables and/or meat cut into pieces and fried quickly in hot oil: stir-fry
- a type of food made from a mixture of flour, eggs and water: pasta (noun U)
- a round flat piece of dough (like bread) that is covered with tomatoes, cheese, onions, etc and is cooked in an oven: pizza (noun C/U)
※ some kinds of sweet food
- sweet food often served at the end of a meal: sweet (noun C/U), pudding (noun C/U), (more formal or AmE) dessert (noun C/U)
- a frozen sweet food made from cream (or other types of fat): ice cream (noun C/U)
Four chocolate ice creams, please. ◎ a dish of vanilla ice cream
- a mixture of chopped fruit, usually in a sweet juice: fruit salad (noun C/U)
Would you like fruit salad for dessert?
- a transparent dessert which is made of fruit-flavoured water: jelly (AmE jello)(noun C/U)
ice cream and jelly
- a dessert made from cake with fruit and jelly covered with custard and cream: trifle (noun C/U)
- a dessert made of fruit inside a case of pastry or cake: pie (a pie usually has pastry on the top as well as the bottom), tart, flan
apple pie ◎ jam tart ◎ fruit flan
- a sweet yellow sauce made from milk, sugar and flour: custard (noun U)
Would you like some custard with your pie?
- a type of very thin round cake that is made by frying a mixture of flour, milk and eggs: pancake
※ things which can be added to food to make it taste good
※ salt and pepper SALT/PEPPER
- other things (for example herbs and spices) which are added to food while it is being cooked COOK
- a yellow mixture made from the seeds of the mustard plant; it has a strong taste and is eaten in small amounts, usually with meat: mustard (noun U)
- a thick red liquid made from tomatoes and spices and eaten cold with hot or cold food: (tomato) ketchup (noun U)
- a sour liquid usually made from wine, sometimes put on potato chips or salad: vinegar (noun U)
- a hot-tasting food that is made from fruit or vegetables with sugar and spices; you eat it with cheese or meat: chutney (noun U)
- a mixture of oil and vinegar and herbs which is put on salad: (salad) dressing (noun U/C)
I'll make a nice dressing for the salad.
- a thick yellow or white liquid made of eggs and oil and put on salad: mayonnaise (noun U)
- a thick liquid that you eat with other food: sauce (noun U/C)
The chicken was served with a delicious sauce. ◎ cheese sauce
- a sauce made of meat juices and eaten hot with cooked meat: gravy (noun U)
- a white or brown substance added to food and drinks to make them sweet: sugar (noun U)
- the thick fatty part of milk which is sometimes added to sweet foods: cream (noun U)
strawberries and cream

2 food and your health
- if food helps to make you healthy, it is good for you; opposite: bad for you
Come on, eat up your vegetables - they're good for you.
- food which contains a lot of fat, oil, cream, sugar, etc is rich
a rich chocolate cake
- natural food that some people think is especially good for your health because it has been produced without using chemicals: health food (noun C/U)
- food which does not contain healthy ingredients: junk food (noun U)
crisps and hamburgers and other junk food
- food which is too old to be sold and eaten is past its sell-by date
- the substance found in meat, fish and beans that is important for helping people and animals to grow and be healthy: protein (noun U/C)
Eggs are a good source of protein.
- the substances in food, for example sugar, that give your body energy: carbohydrates (noun plural)
Most vegetables and fruit are very low in carbohydrates.
- the oily substance under the skins of animals: fat (noun U)
I don't like meat with too much fat on it.
- the parts of plants used as food that your body does not digest, but that are thought to be good for you: fibre (AmE fiber)(noun U)
The doctor told me I should have more fibre in my diet.
- one of several substances in food that are important for good health: vitamin
There's lots of vitamin C in oranges.
- a unit for measuring the amount of energy that a certain amount of food will produce: calorie
Chocolate is very high in calories.
- the food that a person or animal usually eats: diet (noun C/U)
a healthy/unhealthy diet
※ eating food in order to be healthy EAT

3 keeping food
- if food remains fresh (= in good condition so that it can be eaten), it keeps*
Will the chicken keep, or shall I throw it away? ◎ How long does cream cheese keep for?
- if food is/becomes no longer in a good condition to eat, it is/goes bad, off (not before a noun)
I left the fridge open all night and all the food's gone off.
- a soft blue or green substance found on some food (especially bread or cheese) which is bad: mould (AmE mold)(noun U); with mould on it: mouldy (AmE moldy)
mouldy bread
- (used about bread, cake, etc) old and bad: stale
We'd better finish this cake or it'll go stale. ◎ stale bread
- (used about fruit, vegetables or meat) old and bad: rotten
a nasty smell of rotten tomatoes
- (used about milk, cream, etc) no longer fresh; tasting bad: sour
The milk's gone sour, so don't drink it.
- a small room or cupboard in a kitchen where food is kept: larder
- a metal box like a cupboard where food is kept cold (but not frozen): fridge (AmE icebox), (formal) refrigerator
- a metal box where food is kept frozen (below 0※°): freezer, deep-freeze
- if you put food in a freezer, you freeze* it; food which is kept in a freezer is frozen
frozen vegetables ◎ frozen chicken
- to leave frozen food in a warm place so that it can be eaten or cooked: defrost sth
Defrost the cake for two hours before serving.
- a fridge and freezer put together in one box: fridge-freezer
- a thin, transparent material used for covering food to keep it fresh: cling film (noun U)
Wrap the food in cling film and put it in the fridge.
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- a substance that is added to food to give it colour or flavour: additive
no artificial additives
- a substance that is added to food to help it to stay fresh for longer: preservative
Junk food usually contains lots of additives and preservatives.