Nutriment

['njuːtrɪm(ə)nt] or ['njʊtrəmənt]

Definition

(noun.) a source of materials to nourish the body.

Edited by Beverly--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

(n.) That which promotes development or growth.

Typist: Vivienne

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Aliment, nourishment, nutrition, food, diet, sustenance, subsistence, provision, fare, regimen, meat, victuals, BREAD, viands, cheer, rations, pabulum, grub, FEED, PROVENDER, FODDER, FORAGE, PROG.

Editor: Terence

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Aliment, food, sustenance, nourishment, replenishment, sustentation,{[pibalum]?}

ANT:Starvation, languishment, decay, inanition, exhaustion, poison, detriment

Typed by Edwina

Definition

n. that which nourishes: that which helps forward growth or development: food.—adj. Nū′trient nourishing.—n. anything nourishing.—adj. Nū′trimental having the quality of nutriment or food: nutritious.—n. Nūtri′tion act of nourishing: process of promoting the growth of bodies: that which nourishes: nutriment.—adjs. Nūtri′tional; Nūtri′tious nourishing: promoting growth.—adv. Nūtri′tiously.—n. Nūtri′tiousness.—adjs. Nū′tritive Nū′tritory nourishing: concerned in nutrition.—adv. Nū′tritively.—ns. Nū′tritiveness; Nūtritō′rium the nutritive apparatus.

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