Lebensmittel — meaning in English

English meaning

• food noun Any substance eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.
• groceries noun Food and other everyday household items bought from a store.
• victual noun Food that people, or sometimes animals, can eat.

Senses

Lebensmittel is used for these senses in English:

• food (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
• groceries Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
• victual (archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.

food — full definition

1. noun Any substance eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.
2. noun Anything that nourishes or feeds a particular interest or need (figurative).

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