Wet food is tinned or pouched pet food. Feed wet food, a pouch of wet food, wet food and biscuits.
It is around three quarters water, which is why it costs more per meal and why it helps cats that do not drink enough. Dry food is better for teeth in principle and worse in practice, since it shatters rather than scrapes.
1nounwet foodTinned or pouched pet food.
“Our old cat has bad teeth, so the vet told us to give her wet food.”
wet food is a food.
Wet plus food, as opposed to dry food, in use since tinned pet food became common.
From wet + food. As opposed to dry food.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Pets & Pet Care