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cat food

cat food noun: a type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.

cat food: a type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain...
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Noun

cat food (usually uncountable, plural cat foods)

  1. (usually) A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.
    • The cat ate the cat food.

cat food meaning in Arabic, Malay, Indonesian and Persian

cat food in Arabic

type of food formulated for the feeding of cats
القط الغذاء

cat food in Malay

type of food formulated for the feeding of cats
makanan kucing

cat food in Indonesian

type of food formulated for the feeding of cats
makanan kucing

cat food in Persian

type of food formulated for the feeding of cats
غذا گربه

Forms of cat food

pluralcat foods
alternative formcatfood
alternative formcat-food

Questions about cat food

What does cat food mean?
Cat food means a type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.
What is cat food in Arabic?
Cat food in Arabic is القط الغذاء. See Cat food meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is cat food?
Cat food is a noun.
What is the plural of cat food?
The plural of cat food is cat foods.

Words near cat food in the dictionary

  1. cat farms
  2. cat fight
  3. cat fights
  4. cat flap
  5. cat flaps
  6. cat food
  7. cat foods
  8. cat fund
  9. CAT funds
  10. cat fur
  11. cat girl

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