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food oasis

food oasis noun: an urban environment with an abundance of grocery stores, and thus, inmediate access to healthy food.

Noun

food oasis (plural food oases)

  1. An urban environment with an abundance of grocery stores, and thus, inmediate access to healthy food.

Forms of food oasis

pluralfood oases

Origin of food oasis

Earliest known use appears c. 2007 in a research article by Darcy A. Freeman.

Questions about food oasis

What does food oasis mean?
Food oasis means an urban environment with an abundance of grocery stores, and thus, inmediate access to healthy food.
What part of speech is food oasis?
Food oasis is a noun.
What is the plural of food oasis?
The plural of food oasis is food oases.

Words near food oasis in the dictionary

  1. food mills
  2. food mixer
  3. food mixers
  4. food noise
  5. food oases
  6. food oasis
  7. food pantries
  8. food pantry
  9. food pill
  10. food pills
  11. food pipe

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