Food and meals

Breakfast- a meal eaten in the morning as the first meal of the day

Lunch- a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day

Dinner- the main meal of the day, usually the meal you eat in the evening but sometimes, in Britain, the meal eaten in the middle of the day

Supper- a main meal eaten in the evening, or a small meal eaten in the late evening

Dessert- sweet food eaten at the end of a meal

Plate- a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve food from

Glass- a hard transparent material which is used to make windows, bottles and other objects

Cup- a small round container, often with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.

Saucer- a small curved plate which you put a cup on

Teapot- a container for making and serving tea with a handle and a shaped opening for pouring

Kettle- a covered metal or plastic container with a handle and a shaped opening for pouring, used for boiling water

Fork- a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat with

Spoon- an object consisting of a round hollow part and a handle, used for mixing, serving and eating food

Knife- a tool, usually with a metal blade and a handle, used for cutting and spreading food or other substances, or as a weapon

Bread- a food made from flour, water and usually yeast, mixed together and baked

Meat- the flesh of an animal when it is used for food

Fish- an animal which lives in water, is covered with scales, and which breathes by taking water in through its mouth, or the flesh of these animals eaten as food

Butter- a pale yellow solid containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking

Eggs- eggs mixed with a little milk and mixed again as they are being fried

Cheese- a food made from milk, which can either be firm or soft and is usually yellow or white in colour

Sugar- a food made from milk, which can either be firm or soft and is usually yellow or white in colour

Sausage- a thin tube-like case containing meat which has been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices

Bacon- (thin slices of) meat from the back or sides of a pig which is often eaten fried

Herring- a long silvery coloured fish which swims in large groups in the sea, or its flesh eaten as food

Potatoes- small potatoes that are taken out of the ground earlier than the others in the crop

Tomatoes- a round red sharp-tasting fruit with a lot of seeds which is eaten cooked or raw as a savoury food

Carrots- a long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable

Cabbage- a large round vegetable with large green, white or purple leaves, which can be eaten cooked or raw

Cucumbers- a long thin pale-green vegetable with dark green skin, usually eaten uncooked in salads

Beets- a plant with a thick root, which is often fed to animals or used to make sugar

Peas- soft, cooked marrowfat peas (= a type of large pea)

Salt- a common white substance found in sea water and in the ground, which is used especially to add flavour to food or to preserve it

Mustard- a thick yellow or brown sauce that tastes spicy and is eaten cold in small amounts, especially with meat

Pepper- a greyish black or creamy coloured powder produced by crushing dry peppercorns, which is used to give a spicy hot taste to food

Water- a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life

Milk- the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and sheep and used by humans as a drink or for making butter, cheese, etc

Tea- a drink made by pouring hot water onto) dried and cut leaves and sometimes flowers, especially the leaves of the tea plant

Coffee- a dark brown powder with a strong flavour and smell that is made by crushing coffee beans, or a hot drink made from this powder

Cocoa- 1) a dark brown powder made from cocoa beans, used to make chocolate

and add a chocolate flavour to food and drink

2) a sweet chocolate drink that is made with cocoa powder

Beer- an alcoholic drink made from grain

Wine- an alcoholic drink which is usually made from grapes, but can also be made from other fruits or flowers. It is made by fermenting the fruit with water and sugar

Honey- a sweet sticky yellow substance made by bees and used as food

Soup- a usually hot, liquid food made from vegetables, meat or fish

Porridge- a thick soft food made from oats boiled in milk or water, eaten hot for breakfast

Macaroni- a type of pasta in the shape of small tubes

Salad- a mixture of uncooked vegetables, usually including lettuce, eaten either as a separate dish or with other food

Mashed potatoes- potatoes that have been boiled and crushed until they are smooth

Fried potatoes- long, thin pieces of potato that are fried and eaten hot:

Chops- to cut something into pieces with an axe, knife or other sharp instrument

Cutlets- a small piece of meat still joined to the bone, especially from the animal's neck or ribs

Beefsteak- a type of very large tomato

Chicken- a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird which is cooked and eaten

Goose- a large water bird similar to a duck but larger, or the meat from this bird

Pudding- a sweet and usually hot dish made with pastry, flour, bread or rice and often fruit

Cake- a sweet food made with a mixture of flour, eggs, fat and sugar

Sweets- a small piece of sweet food, made of sugar

Pie- a type of food made with meat, vegetables or fruit covered in pastry and baked

Ice-cream- a very cold sweet food made from frozen milk or cream, sugar and a flavour

Jam- a sweet soft food made by cooking fruit with sugar to preserve it. It is eaten on bread or cakes

Jelly- a soft, coloured sweet food made from sugar, gelatine and fruit flavours, that shakes slightly when it is moved

Apples- a round fruit with firm white flesh and a green, red or yellow skin

Pears- a sweet fruit with a lot of juice and a green skin which has a round base and is slightly pointed towards the stem

Plums- a small round fruit with a thin smooth red, purple or yellow skin, sweet soft flesh, and a single large hard seed

Oranges- a round sweet fruit which has a thick orange skin and an orange centre divided into many parts

Tangerines- a fruit like a small orange with a loose skin

Grapes- a small round purple or pale green fruit that you can eat or make into wine

Bananas- a long curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft, sweet white flesh inside

Berries- a small round fruit on particular plants and trees

Cherries- a small, round, soft red or black fruit with a single hard seed in the middle, or the tree on which the fruit grows

Peaches- a round fruit with sweet yellow flesh that has a lot of juice, a slightly furry red and yellow skin and a large seed in its centre

Nuts- the dry fruit of particular trees which grows in a hard shell and can often be eaten