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food coma

food coma noun: a state of lethargy and sleepiness that comes on shortly after eating a large or heavy meal.

Noun

food coma (plural food comas)

  1. (humorous, informal) A state of lethargy and sleepiness that comes on shortly after eating a large or heavy meal.

food coma meaning in Kannada

food coma in Kannada

food coma, the drowsiness caused by heavy eating or excess consumption of alcohol
ಅಂಗಮನ aṅgamana

Forms of food coma

pluralfood comas

Origin of food coma

Jocular compound of food + coma.

Questions about food coma

What does food coma mean?
Food coma means a state of lethargy and sleepiness that comes on shortly after eating a large or heavy meal.
What is food coma in Kannada?
Food coma in Kannada is ಅಂಗಮನ (aṅgamana). See Food coma meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is food coma?
Food coma is a noun.
What is the plural of food coma?
The plural of food coma is food comas.

Words near food coma in the dictionary

  1. food closets
  2. food coloring
  3. food colorings
  4. food colouring
  5. food colourings
  6. food coma
  7. food comas
  8. food court
  9. food courts
  10. food critic
  11. food crop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: food coma (page history and authors); ಅಂಗಮನ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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