food supply
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2.0
- noun
- /fuːd səˈplaɪ/
:
suministro de alimentos
- The local farmers worked hard to ensure a stable food supply for the community during the drought.
- increase food supplies
- ensure an adequate food supply
- an adequate food supply
We did not necessarily know where the food supply was going to come from a month down the line.
- We did not necessarily know where the food supply was going to come from a month down the line.
- They had slow adoption into our food supply.
- These new issues are occurring on top of an already tight, but at least functional food supply chain.
- Two degrees more and we jeopardise the food supply for hundreds of millions of people as crops wither, locusts swarm.
- What about the damn food supply or the soil where all the crap is?
- Incomes rose, but the population stayed the same because the food supply we couldn't wasn't enlarged.
- There were instances where people were scared about food supply.
Examples
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District officers monitored the food supplies in the villages under their administration.
Academic text (1991) -
Tilapia are an integral part of our food supply.
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And I do think that the food supply is going to come back online in a short while, but you never know.
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People worry what will happen to their food supply if things really get out of control.
Academic text (2012) -
The first being, if we judge by its impact on human health, the American food supply is a disaster.
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The strike ended when company managers agreed to ship in new food supplies.
Academic text (1991) -
People nowadays take the whole vast food supply for granted.
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Soon, the entire nation's food supply came from Hucksenbourg.
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"Today we have a sound, realistic proposal for ensuring a safe food supply for all Americans, and especially our children."
Academic text (1994) -
Now the world's food supply is verging on collapse.
Synonyms
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1.0
An amount of something available to use when needed
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3.8
A supply of food and other needed items kept for future use
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5.7
Food and drink that keep you alive and healthy
Food and drink kept or prepared to eat
How Much
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2.0
8
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the amount or stock of food available' is transparently composed from 'food' (substance consumed) + 'supply' (quantity kept for use); the sense is directly derivable from the constituents. This simple noun–noun combination and its cross-linguistic parallels make it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Food supply comes from the simple image of food being brought in carts and kept in stores for a town; the supply is the stock of food kept for people to use. So, 'food supply' means the amount of food 'available' for a place.