cat food
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- noun
- /kæt fud/
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comida para gatos
- With several donations following, cat food was purchased, a vet payment met, and cat litter replenished.
- dog and cat food
- eating cat food
- dry cat food
The problem is cat food doesn't have those same macro nutrients.
- The problem is cat food doesn't have those same macro nutrients.
- So I'm probably going to look way overdone just to go and buy cat food.
- So I ordered some cat food.
- And once the cat saw Alfred, it's like you have a cat, you got cat food in there.
- I expect to find stone wheat crackers, but instead there are only low tins of cat food.
- First question, who would most likely eat cat food and like it?
- OK Cyril has got a lovely, gorgeous concoction, biscuits and cat food and all kinds.
- He's also famous for saying things like my breath smells like cat food.
Examples
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Riley opened a can of cat food and spooned half of it onto a dish.
Fiction book (1997) -
And what's with all these cans of cat food all over the floor?
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Do you know where I can buy some cat food?
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If you need some cat food I have plenty.
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But reaching under the seat, he pulls out a paper bag with cat food inside.
Fiction book (1995) -
As he walked by, Chris saw he was carrying a bag of dry cat food.
Fiction book (1999) -
The cats yowled at her, and she dumped dry cat food in their dish.
Fiction book (1995) -
Frida gets up and notices the cat food dish is empty.
Fiction book (1999) -
Frida sniffs the cat food as though it smells good to her.
Fiction book (1999) -
I just bought a new brand of cat food that my cats really enjoy.
Synonyms
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Things pets eat, like meals for dogs or cats
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'food prepared for cats' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cat' (the animal) with 'food' (substance eaten); it is a straightforward noun–noun compound expressing type/purpose. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows basic English word-formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun cat food comes from the simple idea of cat + food: it was made to be eaten by cats, not by people or dogs. Because cats need different things to stay healthy, people made special recipes for them, so cat food now means 'food made for cats'.