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foodway

foodway noun: the alimentary canal.

Noun

foodway (plural foodways)

  1. The alimentary canal.
  2. (in plural) The food traditions or customs of a group of people, including their culinary and nutritional practices and related social aspects.

Forms of foodway

pluralfoodways

Origin of foodway

From food + way. Sense of "alimentary canal" modelled after airway.

Questions about foodway

What does foodway mean?
Foodway means the alimentary canal.
What part of speech is foodway?
Foodway is a noun.
What is the plural of foodway?
The plural of foodway is foodways.

Words near foodway in the dictionary

  1. foodtrips
  2. foodtruck
  3. foodtrucks
  4. foodware
  5. foodwares
  6. foodway
  7. foodways
  8. foodweb
  9. foodwebs
  10. foodwise
  11. foodwriter

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