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Food

Scope note

Use for any material that can be digested or absorbed by the body of a human or other animal and used as a source of energy or some essential nutrient, to build and replace tissue, or to relieve hunger.

This term has 14 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name

Getty AAT term number

3000254496

Broader Terms used

<materials by function>

Narrower Terms used

bread
tea
coffee
candy

Equivalent Terms used

foods

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

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