"dog food" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-dog food.ogg [Australia] Forms: dog foods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dog food (countable and uncountable, plural dog foods)
  1. Food eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (food eaten by dogs): 狗糧 (Chinese Cantonese), 狗粮 (gau² loeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 狗糧 (Chinese Mandarin), 狗粮 (gǒuliáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 狗食 (gǒushí) (Chinese Mandarin), hundemad [common-gender] (Danish), hundefoder [common-gender] (Danish), hundmanĝaĵo (Esperanto), koeratoit (Estonian), koiranruoka (Finnish), nourriture pour chien (French), Hundefutter [neuter] (German), σκυλοτροφή (skylotrofí) [feminine] (Greek), ит асы (it asy) (Kazakh), łééchąąʼí bichʼiyąʼ (Navajo), comida/ração para cachorros/cães [feminine] (Portuguese), соба́чья еда́ (sobáčʹja jedá) [feminine] (Russian), comida para perros [feminine] (Spanish), comida de perro [feminine] (Spanish), hundmat [common-gender] (Swedish), köpek yemi (Turkish), köpek maması (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dog_food-en-noun-NbqNIX1F Disambiguation of 'food eaten by dogs': 48 34 2 12 3
  2. Food for domesticated dogs. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dogfood [US] Derived forms: eat one's own dog food
    Sense id: en-dog_food-en-noun-6Yg6yPW0
  3. (computing) Beta software that is tested on the developer’s own computer. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-dog_food-en-noun-0NpEYaLI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 43 9 35 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (slang) Synonym of dog meat (“dead person”) Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Animal foods Synonyms: dog meat [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-dog_food-en-noun-WNCQOQH- Disambiguation of Animal foods: 21 13 13 37 17
  5. (slang, drugs) Heroin, typically the non-black tar type. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dog_food-en-noun-ZYlA3HBl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 43 9 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 7 34 7 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 6 32 6 48 Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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