food

Pronunciation: [fu:d]

Average Rank: 624

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 食物, 养料 [医] 食物, 食品

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
  • n. any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
  • n. anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: foods

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#454

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#696

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 93.0% (Top 93.0% most frequent)
93.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#723

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 92.8% (Top 92.8% most frequent)
92.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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