mastication, manducation†, rumination; gluttony &c 957.
[eating specific foods] hippophagy†, ichthyophagy†.
[Eating anatomy:] (appetite) &c 865; mouth, jaws, mandible,
mazard†, gob [Slang], chops.
drinking &c v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal &c
(amusement) 840; drunkenness &c 959.
food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance,
sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed,
fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat &c
(provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet,
dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.
comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub,
grubstake, prog†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia†; cereals; viands,
cates†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder,
fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.
beef, bisquit†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.];
cracker, doughnut; fatling†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.];
mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece
de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet†, releve [Fr.],
hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage†,
broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat†; pie, pasty, volauvent†;
pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets &c 296; kickshaws†; condiment &c 393.
appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].
main course, entree.
alligator pear, apple &c, apple slump; artichoke; ashcake†,
griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole†, avocado, banana, beche de mer
[Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater,
bouilli†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty†,
clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice
cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster,
pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis†, sauerkraut, sea slug,
sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang†,
vanilla, waffle, walnut.
table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary,
entree.
meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale;
regalement†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic,
feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.],
bever†, tiffin†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet,
bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette
[Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout
[Slang]; light refreshment; bara†, chotahazri†; bara khana†.
mouthful, bolus, gobbet†, morsel, sop, sippet†.
drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught,
drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp.
wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John
Barleycorn, stingo†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus†,
cup, bishop, wassail; gin &c (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee,
chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock
beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer†; Brazil tea, cider,
claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.2 beer, non-
alcoholic beverage.
eating house &c 189.
[person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton &c 957.
V. eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to;
despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in,
tuck in [Slang]; lick, pick, peck; gormandize &c 957; bite, champ,
munch, cranch†, craunch†, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.
live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse,
graze, crop, regale; carouse &c (make merry) 840; eat heartily, do
justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet.
break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea,
sup.
drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck
up; lap; swig; swill [Slang], chugalug [Slang], tipple &c (be drunken)
959; empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash
down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle.
purvey &c 637.
Adj. eatable, edible, esculent†, comestible, alimentary; cereal,
cibarious†; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric;
succulent; potable, potulent†; bibulous.
omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous,
phytivorous; ichthyivorous; omophagic, omophagous; pantophagous,
phytophagous, xylophagous.
Phr. across the walnuts and the wine [Tennyson]; blessed hour of our
dinners! [O.
Meredith]; now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on
both! [Macbeth]; who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite? [Richard
II],