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nu·tri·ment    Audio Help   [noo-truh-muhnt, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
2.anything that nourishes; nourishment; food.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L nūtrīmentum nourishment, equiv. to nūtrī(re) to nourish, feed + -mentum -ment]

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nu·tri·men·tal    Audio Help   [noo-truh-men-tl, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  nutriment
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  aliment, diet, food, nourishment, nutrition, provisions, support, sustenance
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  food
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Something fit to be eaten.
Synonyms:  aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision, sustenance, victual
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  food
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  That which sustains the mind or spirit.
Synonyms:  aliment, bread, nourishment, pabulum, pap, sustenance
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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