food service |
industry generated by those people, places, institutions, and companies that are responsible for meals eaten away from home. |
food stamp |
a U.S. Government coupon, issued to needy people free or at less than face value, that can be used to buy food. |
food stamps |
a government program that pays for food. People who do not have enough money to buy food can apply for food stamps. |
foodstuff |
a substance that is or can be used as food. |
food web |
the network of interacting food chains within an ecological community. |
fool |
one who lacks good sense, judgment or comprehension, or who fails to display these qualities on a specific occasion. [11 definitions] |
fool around |
to behave in a silly or playful way, or to spend time in an idle way (sometimes fol. by "with"). |
fool away |
to waste or squander. |
foolery |
silly or jesting actions or speech; tomfoolery. [2 definitions] |
foolhardy |
unreasonably bold or daring; rash. |
foolish |
lacking in good sense or judgment, or appearing to lack them; silly. [3 definitions] |
foolproof |
able to withstand incompetence or misuse. [2 definitions] |
fool's cap |
a cap traditionally worn by the fool in a royal court, usu. brightly colored and topped by several drooping peaks hung with bells. [2 definitions] |
foolscap |
a sheet of paper about thirteen by seventeen inches, used for writing, printing, or drawing. [3 definitions] |
fool's gold |
iron or copper pyrite, sometimes mistaken for gold because of its color. |
fool's paradise |
an illusion of happiness and satisfaction. |
fool's-parsley |
a poisonous herblike plant of Eurasia, having a stinking odor and resembling parsley. |
foot |
in vertebrate animals, the lower part of the leg below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. [10 definitions] |
footage |
a length of anything that can be measured in feet. [2 definitions] |
foot-and-mouth disease |
a severe, very contagious disease of animals such as sheep and cattle, characterized by fever and blisters in the mouth and around the feet or hooves, the teats, and the udder; hoof-and-mouth disease. |
football |
a North American game played by two opposing teams on a rectangular field, in which players pass or carry a ball in an effort to transport it to one end of the playing area and thus score points. [4 definitions] |