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kost

Definitions of kost
  1. noun
    a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
    synonyms: kosten
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    type of:
    schouderstuk
    fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
  2. noun
    the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
  3. noun
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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    types:
    dooier, eidooier, eigeel, wolwas
    nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)
    eetwaar, eten, etenswaar, spijs, voeding, voedsel, vreten
    any substance that can be used as food
    ritprijs
    the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
    voedingsmiddel, voedingsmiddelen
    a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
    grutterswaren, kruidenierswaren, levensmiddelen, voedingsstof
    a source of materials to nourish the body
    foerage, toevoerkanaal, voeder, voer, vreten
    food for domestic livestock
    hemelsbrood, manna
    (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
    drank, drinken
    any liquid suitable for drinking
    melk
    produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
    gang
    part of a meal served at one time
    delicatesse, delicatessen, heerlijkheden, heerlijkheid, lekkernij, lekkers, traktatie
    something considered choice to eat
    gerecht, schotel
    a particular item of prepared food
    dieet, leefregel
    a prescribed selection of foods
    kaart, menu, menukaart, spijskaart
    the dishes making up a meal
    tab., tabel, tafel
    food or meals in general
    concentraat
    a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
    bloem, maaltje, maïsmeel, meel, meelbloem
    coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
    langvoer
    coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
    bloem, meel, meelbloem
    fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
    blikconserven, conserven, weck
    food preserved by canning
    maaltje
    the food served and eaten at one time
    tapioca
    granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
    gehakt, haksel, hakvlees
    food chopped into small bits
    slemp
    food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
    cacao, cacaopoeder, chocola, chocolade, chocolademelk, chocomel, poederchocola
    powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
    veekoek
    a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakes
    kortvoer
    coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
    kuilgras, kuilvoer
    fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
    lijnkoek, oliekoek, veekoek
    mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock
    graan, graanproduct, graanprodukt, koren, vlam
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
    tarwekiem
    embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins
    drab, varkensvoer
    wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
    aardappelpuree, prak, prakje
    mixture of ground animal feeds
    vogeltjeszaad, vogelzaad
    food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
    ei, legsel, struif
    oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
    zuivel, zuivelproduct, zuivelprodukt
    milk and butter and cheese
    melk
    a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
    bloemkoolroosje, kaasstof, plattekaas, wrongel
    a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
    brouwsel, drank, drankje, halflinnen, melange, mengproduct, mengprodukt, mengsel, mix, mixage, mixture, mixtuur
    any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
    alcohol, bedwelmingsmiddel, drank, intoxicant, spiritus, spraakwater
    a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
    appelwijn, cider
    a beverage made from juice pressed from apples
    bonbon, cacao, cacaopoeder, chocola, chocolaatje, chocolade, chocolademelk, chocomel, poederchocola, praline
    a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
    fruitsap, sapje, vruchtensap, vruchtesap
    drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
    mat, schaakmat
    South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
    fruitsap, sapje, soft drink, softdrink, vruchtensap, vruchtesap
    nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
    koffie, leut, slemp, slobber
    a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
    thee
    a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
    drinkwater
    water suitable for drinking
    agar-agar
    any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
    vitamine
    any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism
  4. noun
    any substance that can be used as food
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    type of:
    eetwaar, eten, etenswaar, spijs, voeding, voedingsstof, voedsel, vreten
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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