"food-fall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: food-falls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} food-fall (plural food-falls)
  1. Alternative form of food fall Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: food fall Synonyms: food fall, foodfall
    Sense id: en-food-fall-en-noun-2JbYITVz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

Inflected forms

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