soul food

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sohl food]
- /soʊl fud/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sohl food]
- /soʊl fud/

Definitions of soul food words

noun soul food traditional black American cookery, which originated in the rural South, consisting of such foods as chitterlings, pig knuckles, turnip greens, and cornbread. 1
noun soul food Southern American cooking 1
uncountable noun soul food Soul food is used to refer to the kind of food, for example corn bread, ham, and greens, that was popular with black Americans in the southern United States and is considered typical of them. 0
noun soul food food, such as chitterlings or yams, traditionally eaten by Black people in the southern US 0
noun soul food items of food popular originally in the South, esp. among blacks, such as chitterlings, ham hocks, yams, corn bread, and collard greens 0

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Origin of soul food

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1960-65

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Parts of speech for Soul food

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soul food popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

soul food usage trend in Literature

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