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
  • Sleep, diet and other factors can cause regular fluctuations for men.
    — Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Such diets are also linked to chronic conditions like childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of diet
Noun
  • Several were reluctant to criticize Fauci in any way, on the theory that doing so would only give more fodder to his right-wing critics.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • The former top-50 recruit became social media fodder for playing at four high schools in four years before eventually signing with Georgia.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of fodder
Noun
  • Breast milk and infant formula Passengers traveling with infants have enough to worry about on their flights—and being able to provide the little ones with the proper nourishment should not be one of those concerns.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Food emerged not simply as nourishment, but as a living archive of migration, ecology, memory and ancestral knowledge.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of nourishment
Noun
  • Eating and drinking Situated next to the pool and providing sustenance from early morning to late at night is the Son Xotano restaurant.
    — Jonathan Samuels, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
  • To provide that sustenance that gives people life and well-being.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2026
Definition of sustenance
Noun
  • Social Media Friends and followers aren’t the only ones reading your social media feed.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Store pet food and livestock feed inside or in a hard-sided, locked building.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 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
  • Maintain regular meal times and take your new dog outside frequently for bathroom breaks.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Others arrived with biryani, samosas, bottled water and meals prepared in home kitchens, placed in other Indian cities and from abroad.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 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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