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worm-food

worm-food is the alternative form of worm food.

Meaning of worm food

Noun

worm food (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, often darkly humorous) One or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.
    • "Say, have ye a drug that will make worm's food of your enemy in an hour?"1830, J. Y. A. "The Powder Plot," The Olio Vol. 4, p. 246 (Google preview)
    Synonyms:
    dog meat, corpse, dead

Questions about worm-food

What is worm-food the alternative form of?
Worm-food is the alternative form of worm food.

Words near worm-food in the dictionary

  1. worm's-eye view
  2. worm's-eye views
  3. worm-eaten
  4. worm-eating warbler
  5. worm-eating warblers
  6. worm-food
  7. worm-hole
  8. worm-holes
  9. worm-like
  10. worm-like chain
  11. worm-ridden

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