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pożywienie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • comestible adj Suitable to be eaten; edible.
  • edible adj Safe and fit to eat.
  • esculent adj Suitable for eating; eatable, edible.
  • food noun Any substance eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.
  • nourishment noun Food or nutrients needed to live and grow; the act of providing them.
  • nutrition noun The process by which living things take in and use food for growth and health.
  • victual noun Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.

Senses

pożywienie is used for these senses in English:

  • comestible (chiefly, in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]
  • edible Anything edible.
  • esculent Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.
  • food (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
  • nourishment Something that nourishes; food.
  • nutrition That which nourishes; nutriment.
  • victual (archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.

edible — full definition

  1. adj Safe and fit to eat.
  2. noun A food product infused with cannabis, typically eaten rather than smoked.

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