Key terms & definitions

Being unable to afford or obtain enough suitable, nutritious food for a healthy diet.

Treating food to slow deterioration and extend its shelf life, for example by heating, freezing or changing its acidity.

An appliance with interchangeable blades or attachments for preparing food by chopping, slicing, grating or mixing.

The proportion of an animal's food intake that contributes to useful production, such as an increase in its biomass.

The origin of food or ingredients, including where they come from and how they are produced.

Reliable access to enough safe, nutritious and affordable food.

Having enough food to feed a population.

Reliable access to enough safe, nutritious, affordable, high-quality food to meet people's needs.

Deterioration in a food’s appearance, texture, smell or flavour that makes it unacceptable to eat.

A situation in which the amount of food available exceeds the amount needed.

Providing food for people now while protecting the resources and food sources needed by future generations.

A thermometer inserted into food to measure its internal temperature during cooking or reheating.

Food discarded by retailers, catering businesses or consumers, including food that could have been eaten.

Food or parts of food discarded during production, processing, selling, preparation or consumption.

A network of linked food chains showing the different feeding relationships within an ecosystem.

A network of interconnected food chains showing feeding relationships within a community.

A network of linked food chains showing feeding relationships between organisms.

A professional entertainer whose jokes and apparent foolishness can expose uncomfortable truths about other people.

A traditional paper format longer and narrower than A4. One supplied format measures 200 × 330 mm, but dimensions can vary.

The painful practice of tightly binding girls’ feet during childhood to restrict their growth, causing lasting deformity and limiting mobility.

The number of people visiting a shopping street, centre or shop over a period of time.

The number of people walking through or visiting an area, who may become customers of nearby businesses.

The wearing away of a path’s surface, often increased by repeated trampling.

The shape and arrangement of the area occupied by an object when viewed from above.

A stock comic character excessively concerned with fashionable clothes and appearance, whose attempts at wit often fail.

Soldiers sent to collect food and other supplies for an army.

Searching for or collecting food and other supplies needed by an army.

A push or pull on an object caused by an interaction with another object.

A push or pull acting on an object due to its interaction with another object.

A pushing or pulling action acting on an object.