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food swamp

food swamp noun: an urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.

Noun

food swamp (plural food swamps)

  1. An urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.

Forms of food swamp

pluralfood swamps

Origin of food swamp

Coined in a research paper published in 2009.

Questions about food swamp

What does food swamp mean?
Food swamp means an urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.
What part of speech is food swamp?
Food swamp is a noun.
What is the plural of food swamp?
The plural of food swamp is food swamps.

Words near food swamp in the dictionary

  1. food styling
  2. food stylist
  3. food stylists
  4. food supplement
  5. food supplements
  6. food swamp
  7. food swamps
  8. food tree
  9. food trees
  10. food trip
  11. food trips

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