whole food
whole food noun: food that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.
Noun
whole food (countable and uncountable, plural whole foods)
- Food that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.
- Unpolished grains that retained their outer coating were a major linchpin of his diet of whole foods.
- Why, I asked, are so many other people so willing to follow her example and do what she says. “People are sick of being sick,” she replied. “Also, young people who have hurt themselves with drugs are swinging away from drugs as an impure, unwholesome thing, back to the wholesomeness of whole food.”1973 May 20, Daniel Yergin, “‘Let's Get Adelle Davis Right’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Forms of whole food
| plural | whole foods |
|---|---|
| alternative form | wholefood |
Words formed from whole food
Questions about whole food
- What does whole food mean?
- Whole food means food that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.
- What part of speech is whole food?
- Whole food is a noun.
- What is the plural of whole food?
- The plural of whole food is whole foods.
Words near whole food in the dictionary
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