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whole food en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wholefood alternative lexicographic
whole foods Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

WFPB

Translations (6)

fi luontaistuote (unprocessed food) · cmn 原型食物 (unprocessed food) · fi whole food (unprocessed food) · cmn 純天然食品 /纯天然食品 (unprocessed food) · cmn 無加工食品 /无加工食品 (unprocessed food) · cmn 全食 (unprocessed food)