food desert
food desert · food deserts
A populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtainA populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtain.
UK/fuːd ˈdɛzə(ɹ)t/US/fud ˈdɛzɚt/
Meaning
1 senses(figuratively)A populated region where food, especially healthy food, is difficult to obtain.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
A report by Cummins and Macintyre states that a resident of public housing in western ScotA report by Cummins and Macintyre states that a resident of public housing in western Scotland supposedly coined the more specific phrase food desert in the early 1990s. The phrase was first officially used in a document in 1995 from a policy working group on the Low Income Project Team of the UK's Nutrition Task Force.
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Forms
plural: food deserts| Singular | food desert |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfood bowl