From Japanese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1:
[news1] [nf07] 食 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, 蝕 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, [news1] [nf07] しょく /ɕˈo̞kɯᵝ/
1. (食)
(noun (common) (futsuumeishi))
meal, (one's) diet, food, foodstuff, foodstuffs
2. 星食 [astronomy, etc. term] eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)