geophagy
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines…The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
More definitions
- eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior:geophagia
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpica
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable