quantity of food

collocation in English

meaningsofquantityandfood

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withfoodorquantity.
quantity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/
us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
See more atquantity
food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/
us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
See more atfood

(Definition ofquantityandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquantity of food

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Thequantityoffoodclearly contributed to the quality of the event.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Furthermore, both the quality andquantityoffooddeclined and was reflected in the nutritional status of children.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Compulsory labour and confinement, not thequantityoffood, enforces less eligibility.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I am sure that this is a prerequisite to getting any substantially greaterquantityoffoodproduced than we are producing at the moment.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
By means of rationing, an equalquantityoffoodis made available to all.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He referred to thequantityoffoodconsumed in this country during 1953 and said that we had paid more for less food.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The effect is far deeper than is proportional to the merequantityoffood.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These lands, although they do produce food, produce a relatively smallquantityoffoodto the acre.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Those authorities now know the actualquantityoffoodwhich the body requires before it can profit from physical training.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thequantityoffoodfor inmates is determined by reference not to cash budgets but to dietary scales designed to meet agreed nutritional requirements.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I wish now to turn from prices and wages to food, looking at it from the angle of thequantityoffoodconsumed.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thequantityoffoodfor inmates is determined not by reference to cash budgets but to dietary scales designed to meet agreed nutritional requirements.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We shall be paying, possibly, more for the samequantityoffood.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no doubt whatever that you can produce from the fields a greatquantityoffoodby the use of chemical fertilizers.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am informed that a largequantityoffoodwas presented anonymously to hospitals and other institutions.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I also cannot believe that this country requires thequantityoffoodwhich we at present import.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They have always tried to produce a sufficientquantityoffoodwithout any subvention.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Inmates are fed to a predetermined dietary scale which provides them with a setquantityoffoodand is therefore not affected by inflation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We fully realise that the small tins are of very great importance, but we cannot limit the totalquantityoffoodimported to them.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Such a programme could be fulfilled without cutting down by one pound thequantityoffoodproduced in this country.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofquantity
Go to the definition offood
See other collocations withfood
See other collocations withquantity