natural food
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandfood
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk/fuːd/us/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Wood was present to determine simply whether an additionalnaturalfoodsource increased termite activity.
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Threenaturalfoodsources, varying in protein and sugar content, were evaluated.
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Thus, for every set of six blocks per orchard, three were essentially devoid of knownnaturalfoodsources (termed clean) and three had substantial amounts of food (termed food).
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Potentially, artificial food sources could decrease badger mortality during protracted periods ofnaturalfoodshortage, thereby bolstering local numbers.
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That applies both tonaturalfoodand to food that has been treated with pesticides.
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Owing to the fluctuations of thenaturalfoodavailable in this country, and the vagaries of the climate, it does not work out like that.
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If they are in too great numbers they are driven away from theirnaturalfoodand forced to eat eggs and corn.
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They are not able to give their children theirnaturalfood.
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Fertilisers are applied to increase thenaturalfoodresources.
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We must not blame the bird because it eats itsnaturalfood.
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I had not the good fortune to be present when he persuaded you all that sawdust was the mostnaturalfoodfor cattle.
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Beef produced from the suckler herds is probably the mostnaturalfoodobtainable in the market place today.
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They convert food quickly so that the build-up of radiation in theirnaturalfood, the tundra moss, affects them much more intensely than other animals.
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We do much to promote morenaturalfoodand farming.
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This would also allow us to solve the problems of the sugar industry and chaptalisation using anaturalfoodproduct.
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It is essential that our farmers should produce fresh andnaturalfood.
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We must remember that healthynaturalfoodis the best way to combat diseases, including obesity and overweight.
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Will he abandon his cheap jibes and admit that there is nothing wrong withnaturalfood?
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We are at the present moment, because of our social and economic system, depriving a large number of children of theirnaturalfood.
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Therenaturalfoodis submerged aquatic vegetation which they find on the river banks.
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