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Food & Gastronomy Vocabulary List: 63 Words with Definitions
Ingredients, cooking methods, restaurant orders and how to describe taste. This is the Food & Gastronomy topic pack inside Word Hype — small, focused and very practical.
| Word | Definition | Play |
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| Alcohol | The substance in beer, wine, and spirits that makes people drunk. | Play ▶ |
| Appetite | The feeling of wanting to eat. | Play ▶ |
| Apple | A round fruit with red or green skin.A leading American multinational technology company. | Play ▶ |
| Bakery | A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold. | Play ▶ |
| Banana | A long, curved fruit with a yellow skin.A fruit often eaten by monkeys. | Play ▶ |
| Bitter | Having a sharp taste, not sweet.Feeling angry because you were treated badly. | Play ▶ |
| Bread | Food made of flour, water, and yeast.Money (informal slang). | Play ▶ |
| Breakfast | The first meal of the day. | Play ▶ |
| Burger | A round sandwich with meat inside. | Play ▶ |
| Butter | A soft yellow food made from cream. | Play ▶ |
| Cake | A sweet food that you eat at birthdays. | Play ▶ |
| Carrot | A long orange vegetable that grows under the ground. | Play ▶ |
| Cheese | A solid food made from milk.A dairy product made in many different flavors. | Play ▶ |
| Cherry | A small round red fruit with a stone inside. | Play ▶ |
| Chicken | The flesh of a common poultry bird used for food.A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. | Play ▶ |
| Chocolate | A sweet brown food that children love. | Play ▶ |
| Cocoa | A hot, sweet drink made from chocolate powder and milk.A brown powder used to make chocolate. | Play ▶ |
| Coffee | A hot drink made from roasted beans.The berries or seeds of a tropical shrub. | Play ▶ |
| Cookie | A small sweet baked food. | Play ▶ |
| Delicate | Easily broken or damaged. | Play ▶ |
| Dining | The act of eating a meal.Eating food in a restaurant. | Play ▶ |
| Dinner | The main meal of the day. | Play ▶ |
| Dishes | Plates and bowls used for eating food.Meals prepared in a special way. | Play ▶ |
| Drink | To take water or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it. | Play ▶ |
| Essence | The main quality that makes something what it is. | Play ▶ |
| Flavor | The distinctive taste of a food or drink. | Play ▶ |
| Fridge | A machine that keeps food and drinks cold. | Play ▶ |
| Fruits | Foods such as apples and oranges that grow on plants. | Play ▶ |
| Garlic | A plant with a strong smell and taste used in cooking. | Play ▶ |
| Ginger | A plant stem that grows underground and has a hot taste. | Play ▶ |
| Grains | Small hard seeds from plants such as wheat or rice. | Play ▶ |
| Grapes | Small round fruits that grow in groups. | Play ▶ |
| Honey | A sweet, sticky food made by bees. | Play ▶ |
| Honeys | Sweet liquids made by bees, or loved ones. | Play ▶ |
| Hunger | The feeling that you need to eat. | Play ▶ |
| Hungry | Wanting or needing to eat. | Play ▶ |
| Intake | The amount of food, drink, or air taken into the body. | Play ▶ |
| Juice | A drink made from fruit. | Play ▶ |
| Juices | Liquids from fruit, vegetables, or meat. | Play ▶ |
| Kitchen | A room where people prepare food. | Play ▶ |
| Lemon | A sour yellow fruit. | Play ▶ |
| Lunch | A meal eaten in the middle of the day.To eat a midday meal. | Play ▶ |
| Milk | A white drink from cows. | Play ▶ |
| Onion | A round vegetable that makes you cry when you cut it. | Play ▶ |
| Orange | A round fruit with a thick skin and sweet juice.A bright color between red and yellow. | Play ▶ |
| Pasta | Italian food made from flour and water. | Play ▶ |
| Pizza | A round flat food with cheese on top. | Play ▶ |
| Potato | A round vegetable that grows under the ground.A very common plant used for food around the world. | Play ▶ |
| Recipe | A set of instructions for preparing a dish. | Play ▶ |
| Refined | Made purer by removing unwanted material. | Play ▶ |
| Rice | Small white grains that people cook and eat. | Play ▶ |
| Salad | A cold dish of raw vegetables. | Play ▶ |
| Salt | White powder you put on food for taste. | Play ▶ |
| Sandwich | Two slices of bread with food between them. | Play ▶ |
| Soup | A hot liquid food that you eat with a spoon. | Play ▶ |
| Sugar | A sweet white or brown powder used in food.A sweet tasting carbohydrate. | Play ▶ |
| Sweet | Tasting like sugar. | Play ▶ |
| Taste | The flavour of food or drink in your mouth. | Play ▶ |
| Tavern | A place where people buy and drink alcohol. | Play ▶ |
| Thirst | A need or strong desire to drink. | Play ▶ |
| Tomato | A soft red fruit eaten as a vegetable in salads.A plant that grows these red fruits. | Play ▶ |
| Waiter | A person who serves food in a restaurant. | Play ▶ |
| Water | The clear liquid that people drink to stay alive. | Play ▶ |