food nutrient | any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
allocation storage allocation | (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions |
distribution | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
allotment apportionment apportioning allocation parceling parcelling assignationb | the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning, distribution according to a plan, the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state |
distribution | the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer |
distribution channel channel | a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors, possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores |
food fish | any fish used for food by human beings |
delicatessen deli food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
dumbwaiter food elevator | a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
food additive artificial additive | an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life |
food court | an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area) |
food processor | a kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades, used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food |
food hamper | a hamper for packing and transporting food |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
turner food turner | cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle, used for turning or serving food |
distribution dispersion | the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume, worldwide in distribution, the distribution of nerve fibers, in complementary distribution |
complementary distribution complementation | (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts |
distribution statistical distribution | (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence |
food food for thought intellectual nourishment | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking |
distribution law | (chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value according to a statistical distribution |
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law Boltzmann distribution law | (physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium |
nonparametric statistic distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
frequency distribution | a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable |
normal distribution Gaussian distribution | a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance |
Poisson distribution | a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large |
sample distribution sample sampling | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
binomial distribution Bernoulli distribution | a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success |
distribution list | list of names to whom a communication should be sent |
distribution agreement | a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise |
food solid food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment, food and drink |
comfort food | food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing, typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking |
fast food | inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly |
finger food | food to be eaten with the fingers |
soft diet pap spoon food | a diet that does not require chewing, advised for those with intestinal disorders |
foodstuff food product | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
coloring colouring food coloring food colouring food color food colour | a digestible substance used to give color to food, food color made from vegetable dyes |
food cache | food in a secure or hidden storage place |
fresh food fresh foods | food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking |
frozen food frozen foods | food preserved by freezing |
canned food canned foods canned goods tinned goods | food preserved by canning |
dehydrated food dehydrated foods | food preserved by dehydration |
convenience food | any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating |
delicatessen delicatessen food | ready-to-eat food products |
takeout takeout food takeaway | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises, in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
devil's food devil's food cake | very dark chocolate cake |
angel cake angel food cake | a light sponge cake made without egg yolks |
health food | any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health |
junk food | food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value |
breakfast food | any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast |
raw vegetable rabbit food | an uncooked vegetable |