Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whole food

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables: whole -food
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Food that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

whole foods (plural) wholefood (alternative)

Derived Forms

WFPB

Questions

What does whole food mean?: Food that is unprocessed and unrefined, or processed or refined as little as possible.

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