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nonfood

nonfood adjective: not intended for consumption as a food.

Adjective

nonfood (not comparable)

  1. Not intended for consumption as a food.
    • The use of synthetic fuels from nonfood crops can reduce the carbon footprint.
    • The three most common nonfood picas were eating of strings and rags; feces, vomit, and urine; and paper, cigarettes, and soil.1986, George S Baroff, Mental retardation: nature, cause, and management

Noun

nonfood (plural nonfoods)

  1. A crop or product that is not intended for consumption as a food.
    • Many supermarkets do not consider nonfoods a core segment.

Forms of nonfood

Adjective
alternative formnon-food
Noun
pluralnonfoods

Origin of nonfood

From non- + food.

Questions about nonfood

What does nonfood mean?
Nonfood means not intended for consumption as a food.
What part of speech is nonfood?
Nonfood can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonfood in the dictionary

  1. nonfolklorist
  2. nonfolklorists
  3. nonfollicular
  4. nonfollower
  5. nonfollowers
  6. nonfood
  7. nonfoodborne
  8. nonfoods
  9. nonfootball
  10. nonfootwear
  11. nonforager

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