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health food

noun

: a food that is believed to be good for your health : a food that has no artificial ingredients

Full Definition of HEALTH FOOD

:  a food promoted as highly conducive to health
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First Known Use of HEALTH FOOD

1882

Rhymes with HEALTH FOOD

allude, blood feud, collude, conclude, delude, denude, elude, exclude, extrude, exude, fast-food, include, intrude, junk food, obtrude, occlude, plant food, postlude, preclude, prelude, protrude, quaalude, seafood, seclude, subdued, transude, unglued

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