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food

food

Meaning of food

nourishment

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British English/ˈfuːd/
American English/ˈfuːd/
Russian transcription[jɪˈda]
food
food - еда
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food with Russian translation

food usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Волонтёры упаковали еду для приюта.

Volunteers packed food for the shelter.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Он покупает еду на рынке каждое воскресенье.

He buys food at the market every Sunday.

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What's the difference between food / meal

🇬🇧English
food

General term for anything edible or intended to be eaten.

A1Very Often

We need to buy food for the week.

Нам нужно купить еду на неделю.

🇬🇧English

An occasion when people sit down to eat (breakfast, lunch, dinner).

A1Very Often

We had a nice meal together.

Мы вместе хорошо поели (имели приятный приём пищи).

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food translation: еда. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce food

/ˈfuːd/

food translation

еда

food examples

Volunteers packed food for the shelter.

food transcription

/ˈfuːd/, /ˈfuːd/

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food meaning: what does it mean?

nourishment

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food is pronounced as /ˈfuːd/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

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Volunteers packed food for the shelter. Translation: Волонтёры упаковали еду для приюта.

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