Hypernyms for "food"
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aliment
alimentary paste
alimentation
baked goods
beverage
breakfast food
butter
cheese
chocolate
chyme
coconut
coconut meat
comestible
comfort food
commissariat
convenience food
culture medium
dika bread
drink
drinkable
eatable
edible
fare
feed
fish
food product
foodstuff
fresh food
fresh foods
garden truck
green goods
green groceries
health food
junk food
leftovers
loaf
manna
manna from heaven
meat
medium
micronutrient
miraculous food
nourishment
nutriment
nutrition
pabulum
pasta
potable
produce
provender
provisions
seafood
slop
soul food
sustenance
viands
victual
victuals
vitellus
water
yoghourt
yoghurt
yogurt
yolk
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.