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foodstuff vs meal

meal vs foodstuff

foodstuff and meal both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
foodstuff Yes No No No
meal Yes No No No
As nouns, meal is a hyponym of foodstuff; that is, meal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foodstuff:
  • foodstuff: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
  • meal: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
Other hyponyms of foodstuff include starches, breadstuff, coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring, concentrate, fiber, fibre, roughage, flour, frozen food, frozen foods, canned food, canned foods, canned goods, tinned goods, dehydrated food, dehydrated foods, carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, tapioca, cocoa, cereal, food grain, grain, fixings, ingredient, egg, eggs, dairy product, milk, curd, concoction, intermixture, mixture, juice, perishable, spoilable, macerate.
foodstuff (noun) meal (noun)
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer the food served and eaten at one time
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
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