pap

noun

Definition of papnext
as in diet

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  1. diet
  2. fodder
  3. nourishment
  4. sustenance
  5. feed
  6. silage
  7. meal
  8. nutriment
Noun
  • The fatty fish in my diet provides DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), an omega-3 fat especially concentrated in the brain and retina.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Promoting diet culture can cause children to have negative relationships with food and their bodies.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of diet
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  • Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is just having something to react to, and ChatGPT is always there to provide fodder.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The last thing this administration should be doing at a time when Chicago’s credit rating is hanging by a thread is give analysts more fodder for future downgrades to add to the four Johnson already has amassed on his three-year watch.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of fodder
Noun
  • In 2023, the Foundation moved into a different level of maturity, launching a wellness marketplace and café, based on nourishment for mind, body and spirit.
    — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Head provides water and nourishment, and enables residents to communicate telepathically with each other.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of nourishment
Noun
  • But between navigating selective palates, food allergies, social media-worthy lunchbox inspiration, food noise, and the inevitable comparisons with classmates, striking a balance between sustenance and satisfaction can quickly become overwhelming.
    — Sierra Leone Starks, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ponder will be charged with first-degree and second-degree child cruelty, and first-degree child cruelty - deprivation of necessary sustenance.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sustenance
Noun
  • His house is next to Pullman Innovations, a facility that creates ingredients used in animal feed.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That’s when Marsigliese’s Almond & Apricot Olive Oil Cake showed up in my feed.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of feed
Noun
  • However, in New England, silage corn harvest can extend to late October due to labor constraints, unfavorable soil conditions, and weather variability, which can substantially narrow the window for early cover crop establishment using these conventional drill-seeding methods.
    — Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • Nieusma says the best natural option for getting rid of white clover is to smother it with a silage tarp or pond liner.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026
Definition of silage
Noun
  • Rethinking the all-inclusive As lovely as the meal, sharing it with other travelers became one of our most delightful experiences.
    — Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Erin Patterson was convicted last year of deliberately lacing a beef wellington meal with death cap mushrooms to murder her children’s grandparents and the wife of the local pastor.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of meal
Noun
  • When flights resumed, the grass, without the nutriment it was used to getting from the insects’ secretions, began to decay.
    — Fabio Morábito, New Yorker, 24 July 2025
  • By linking multiple trees, each fungus diversifies its source of nutriment and hedges against the demise of a single tree or species.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Definition of nutriment
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