Sign Dictionary – Category: Food and Mealtimes
Results > Category: Food and Mealtimes
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Apple
Hand slightly curved, place in front of mouth, mov…
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Avocado
Non dominant hand flat, dominant handshape thumbs …
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Banana
Point up with non dominant hand. Thumb and pointer…
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Bean
Pinch pointer and thumb together on dominant hand.…
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Biscuit (cookie)
Hand flat, palm down. Dominant hand, have thumb ex…
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Bottle
Place cupped hand on palm of other hand. Move upwa…
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Bowl (Dish, Sink, Nest)
Cupped hands, palms up, touching at little fingers…
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Bread
Non dominant hand flat, palm up. Put blade of domi…
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Breakfast (Soup, Porridge, Cereal, Stew)
Middle and pointer fingers extended and together, …
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Broccoli
Point up with dominant hand. Claw non dominant han…
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Burger
Curve hands. Place dominant hand on top of the oth…
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Butter
Hold hand flat (like a piece of bread). Bend other…
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Cake
Clawed hand taps back of other hand
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Carrot
Hand in fist. Move towards mouth, like you are eat…
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Cherry
Hook pointer and middle fingers, like the two stal…
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Chew (Chewing)
Hands in fists, palms facing each other and domina…
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Chip
Pointers and thumbs extended. Place fingertips tog…
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Coconut
Hands in claws, facing each other beside your head…
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Coke (Cola, Coca-cola)
Both flat hands slightly curved with thumbs extend…
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Corn (Sweetcorn)
Hold hands like you are holding a cob of sweetcorn…
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Cream (Scoop, Dollop)
Non dominant hand flat. Middle and pointer finger …
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Croissant (Pasty)
Extend pointer and thumb from both hands. Place fi…
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Cucumber
Dominant point finger pointing away from you, Non …
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Cup (glass)
Hand flat, palm facing upward. Place dominant hand…
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Cutlery
1 Pointer fingers extended, place dominant pointer…
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Dessert (Pudding)
Tap heels of palms together twice
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Dinner
Pointer and middle fingers extended on each hand, …
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Doughnut (Donut)
Form 'C's with pointer and thumbs. Place fingertip…
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Drink (beverage, cup, glass)
Hand in cupped shape. Bring hand to mouth, like yo…
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Eat (Food, Ate, Eaten, Meal)
Tips of thumb and fingers touching. Tap fingertips…
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Egg
Hand in fist, other hand has pointer and middle fi…
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Fork
Extend middle three fingers, slightly separated. P…
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Fruit
Brush back of slightly curved hand over cheek then…
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Grape (food)
Touch fingertips of pointer fingers to thumbs on b…
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Gum (Chewing Gum)
Make a circle with dominant pointer finger and thu…
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Ice Cream
Hands in fist, hold near mouth. Move hand as thoug…
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Jam (Honey, Fruit Spread)
Place little finger in other cupped hand. Move in …
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Jelly (wobble, quiver)
Hands out, fingers spread, palms down. Shake hands…
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Juice
Non dominant hand, flat, palm face up. Claw domina…
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Knife (cut food)
Pointer fingers extended. Place finger on top of …
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Lemon
Clawed hand by side of mouth. Bring out slightly b…
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Lolly (Sweets, Candy, Lollies)
Touch jaw with pointer finger through cheek. Twist…
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Lunch (Sandwich)
Fingers flat with thumb underneath (not touching),…
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Lunch Box
1 Fingers extended, hold thumb under fingers. Move…
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Marshmallow
Fingers spread, hands facing each other. Move hand…
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Meat
Poke side of neck with pointer finger twice
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Melon (watermelon)
Hold hands as though holding a melon. Move from si…
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Milk
Start with open hand in front of you. Close hand a…
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Napkin
Bunched hands together. Tap either side of mouth. …
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Nut (Peanut)
Hook pointer and middle fingers. Tap chin at side …
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Onion
Dominant bent hand with fingers spread. Move backw…
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Orange
At side of mouth clench and unclench your hand a f…
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Pancake
Non dominant hand up. Place flat dominant hand on …
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Pasta (Spaghetti)
Hand flat. Dominant hand extend ring, middle and p…
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Pear
Middle and pointer fingers extended from fist. Pla…
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Peas
Hook pointer and middle finger. Bounce them along …
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Pineapple
Hands slightly curved. Place wrists together. Outl…
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Pizza
Fingers spread, hand lightly curved. Place near sh…
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Plate (Dish)
Non dominant hand flat, palm upwards. Point down a…
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Potato
Pointer finger up of non dominant hand, palm forwa…
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Rice
Non dominant hand flat, palm upwards. Pointer and …
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Salt
Do the natural action of sprinkling salt onto your…
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Sausage
Thumbs and pointer fingers on both hands touching …
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Soft Drink (Soda, Lemonade, Fizzy Drink)
Non-dominant hand in fist, dominant thumb and midd…
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Sour (Bitter, Tastes Bad)
Extend little finger. Place far side of mouth. Mov…
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Spoon
One hand flat, palm up, with the other hand first …
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Strawberry (fruit, berry)
Extend little finger from fist of non dominant han…
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Sugar (Diabetes)
Pointer and middle fingers of dominant hand extend…
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sweet (sweetness, delicious)
Thumb extended. Place tip just under far side of l…
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Taste
Tap dominant pointer finger twice on mouth.
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Tasty
Place dominant pointer finger on mouth with thumb …
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Teapot (Watering, Watering Can)
Extend little finger and thumb from fist, palm fac…
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Toast (Toaster)
Extend pointer, middle and ring finger on dominant…
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Tomato
Move dominant pointer finger down from mouth. D…
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Vegan
Split fingers into a v-shape, space between middle…
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Vegetables (veggies, peeling)
Non dominant hand in fist, palm up, middle and poi…
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Vegetarian
Pointer and middle finger in v-shape. Place hand b…
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Water
Hand in front of mouth fingers slightly spread, br…
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Yogurt (Yoghurt)
Hold non dominant hand in circle, palm facing towa…
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