{
    "term": "food",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "things that people or animals eat",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pat had prepared **food and drink** for the work party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to grow/cook/serve/eat food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you like Italian food?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Demand for **organic food** has been growing fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Families that eat together consume healthier food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **food industry**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People worry about **food safety** *(= if food is safe to eat)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "steps to protect the nation's **food supply**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Global **food shortages** and crop failures would have a devastating effect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**baby food** *(= prepared especially for babies)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**cat/dog/pet food** *(= for a cat/dog/pet to eat)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should eat more **fresh foods**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The store specializes in **frozen foods**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After three days without food, the men were close to starvation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Always take great care when handling food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bears store food for the winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does the food taste good?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "EU food policy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Essential oils can be bought from most good health food shops"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone has the right to adequate food and clean water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Farmers are not producing enough food for the country's growing population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Food and water were running out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Food is short here, and people go hungry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fruit is an important food source for bats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He obviously enjoys good food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put out food for the birds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His doctor warned him to reduce his daily food intake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am trying to cut my weekly food bill by one third."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep food fresher for longer with our new sealable containers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lack of proper food led to much illness among seamen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "basic food crops such as beans and corn"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please cut up the food for your baby sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She fed her baby on wholesome food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had had no food for two days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She told the kids not to gulp down their food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop playing with your food like a baby!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Taste the food and tell me what you think."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thanks to international aid, the town had been supplied with food for nine months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN has been issuing emergency food supplies to the refugees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The centre offers food and accommodation for students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city was under siege and began to run short of food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country intends to increase its share of the European food market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The female eagle broods and the male hunts for food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fish market is a ready food supply for seabirds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a food scare over salmonella in eggs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a smell of food from the kitchen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sat down at the restaurant table and immediately ordered their food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who's doing the food for the party?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a restaurant that serves good healthy food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "animals that are killed for food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the amount of food that an average family consumes in a week"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Food shortages have led to famine in many parts of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Healthy food can and should be delicious"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ice cream is my comfort food of choice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "shortages of food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Britain's first organic food market"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the characteristic taste of our food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Dordogne region is famous for its food and wine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's is important to get plenty of exercise and to eat the right foods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Avoid rich foods like pastries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Campaigners are challenging the safety of genetically-modified foods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Retail prices of staple foods remain unchanged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is trying to cut down on fatty foods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to eat a variety of foods that contain protein."
                },
                {
                    "text": "lower fat alternatives to everyday foods"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["delicious", "excellent", "good"],
                "… of food": ["plate", "portion", "morsel"],
                "verb + food": ["consume", "eat", "have"],
                "food + verb": ["smell", "taste", "be in short supply"],
                "food + noun": ["resource", "source", "supply"],
                "preposition": ["for food", "without food"],
                "phrases": ["food and drink", "food and drinks", "food and water"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an idea that makes you think seriously and carefully",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The programme certainly provides plenty of food for thought."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not wanting to eat anything",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's been off his food all week."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fuːd/",
                "audio": "fo/food/food__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fuːd/",
                "audio": "fo/food/food__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English fōda, of Germanic origin; related to fodder."
}