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grub

grub

42 7.5
Food or a meal that is simple and filling
  • noun
  • /ɡrʌb/
  • Informal
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  • After hiking all day, we were eager to find some grub to eat at the local diner.
  • get some grub
  • eat grub
  • grab some grub

So let's drive home and make some grub.

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Examples

Synonyms

meal
vsgrub
1.0

A time when people eat, for example breakfast or dinner

is an informal name used for food rather than the eating event
snack
vsgrub
471 1.0

Food you eat between meals, like fruit or chips

is an informal general word for food or a whole meal
chow
vsgrub
  • Informal
46 8.2

A simple meal or food eaten casually

is the casual informal word for food or a meal
chuck
vsgrub
  • Informal
1 8.8

A simple meal often eaten outdoors or at work

is the general informal word used more widely for food or meals
eats
vsgrub
  • Informal
7.9

Food or a meal, often mentioned in informal speech

is the broader informal term for food or any meal

Compounds

Grub Street
  • Offensive
9.9

Writers who make low-quality books or poems to earn money rather than for art

How Filling

feast
162 1.9
hearty meal
2 1.6
grub
  • Informal
42 7.5
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

grub singular
grubs plural

Etymology

Grub for 'food' likely grew from the older noun grub for the small insect and from the verb grub meaning 'to dig up or find food', so it came to mean a simple, everyday meal.