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pet food

pet food

9 1.0
Things pets eat, like meals for dogs or cats
  • noun
  • /pɛt fuːd/
translation icon : comida para mascotas
  • Before buying, make sure to check the ingredients on the pet food label for quality and nutritional value.
  • pet food label
  • pet food manufacturers
  • pet food products

It did so to pull poisoned pet food off the shelves.

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Examples

  • According to Lewis, we are literally poisoning our pets by feeding them commercial pet foods.

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  • Broad access to affordable, standardized pet food formulas has allowed for more pets to benefit from more complete nutrition.

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  • I thought you owned a pet food store.

  • It's a marketing job with an organic pet food company.

  • My owner, Phil, is a marketing guy for a local pet food company.

  • Does your husband operate a pet food company?

  • This is a preliminary application for a license to process and sell pet food.

  • The ASPCA recommends you have five to seven days of pet food and water available for your dog.

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  • The melamine contamination of pet food in 2007 was a real shock to pet food owners.

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  • The dog owners I've met aren't interested in pet food that merely assures their pet's survival.

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Synonyms

petfood
vspet food
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Food made for pets such as cats or dogs to keep them healthy

focuses more on being specially made than on precise nutrition or manufacture

How Nutritious

pet food
9 1.0
treat
398 1.0
table scrap
3 2.7

Surface Forms

pet food singular
pet foods plural

Morphology

pet + food

The meaning 'food that is specially made for pets' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'pet' (domesticated animal kept for companionship) and 'food' (substance consumed to live and grow). This simple noun+noun compound follows an ordinary English composition pattern that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

The noun pet food comes from the simple idea of pet + food: food made especially for animals people keep at home. That's why it means 'food for pets' today.