whole food

noun

: a natural food and especially an unprocessed one (such as a vegetable or fruit)

Examples of whole food in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The six-foot four-inch footballer eats roughly 6,000 calories per day, consuming lots of whole foods such as steak, fish, eggs, raw milk and honey, according to his YouTube videos. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Though these certainly aren’t a replacement for eating healthy and whole foods, getting daily exercise, and drinking water—please keep doing that—a daily multivitamin is an extra security for whatever our bad habits seem to keep us from getting. — Nikki Brown, StyleCaster, 30 June 2026

Focus on whole foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 26 June 2026

For anyone figuring out how to improve gut health, that points right back to those same whole foods. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for whole food

• altitude
• amplitude
• aptitude
• attitude
• barbecued
• certitude
• desuetude
• devalued
• finitude
• fortitude
• gratitude
• interlude

Medical Definition

whole food

noun

: a natural food and especially an unprocessed one (as a vegetable or fruit)