Plural of food
regular plural
The plural of food is foods.
Forms of food
| Singular | food /fuːd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | foods /fuːdz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Foods in a sentence
- Variation and changes in the trans fatty acid content of different foods, especially in processed foods, further complicate such estimates.2006, C Williams, J Buttriss, Improving the Fat Content of Foods, →ISBN, page 492
- Nauru imports foods from Australia because phosphate mining destroyed land for farming.From the entry import
- The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock a larger range of vegetarian foods.From the entry buyer
- The frozen foods side of the business overall saw a loss.From the entry overall
- The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.From the entry rotate
Meaning of food
- noun Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- noun A foodstuff, a type of food.
- noun Anything that nourishes or sustains.
Questions about the plural of food
- What is the plural of food?
- The plural of food is foods.
- Is food countable?
- Food is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: food (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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