"brainfood" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-brainfood.wav Forms: brainfoods [plural]
Etymology: From brain + food. Etymology templates: {{com|en|brain|food}} brain + food Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brainfood (countable and uncountable, plural brainfoods)
  1. Any food consumed for the purpose of energizing the brain or promoting intellectual thought. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Food and drink Synonyms: brain food
    Sense id: en-brainfood-en-noun-l1G7EA49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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