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nourishment

[ nur-ish-muhnt, nuhr- ]

noun

  1. something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  2. the act of nourishing. nourishing.
  3. the state of being nourished.
  4. a process, system, method, etc., of providing or administering nourishment:

    a treatise on the nourishment of international trade.



nourishment

/ ˈnʌrɪʃmənt /

noun

  1. the act or state of nourishing
  2. a substance that nourishes; food; nutriment


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Other Words From

  • non·nourish·ment noun
  • over·nourish·ment noun
  • re·nourish·ment noun
  • self-nourish·ment noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nourishment1

1375–1425; late Middle English norysshement < Middle French norissement. See nourish, -ment

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Example Sentences

Death by pills or lethal injection might be unnatural, but she believes that declining nourishment and medications is not.

Could this new beverage be the next phase in human nourishment?

The human soul is an ocean tossed by storms of passion, deep and bottomless in its need for succor and nourishment.

Even if they found shelter from the sun each morning, could the same be said for nourishment?

The novel is set at a time of scarcity, and all of the characters fret about nourishment.

The soil is sandy, and affords but little nourishment to the stunted trees with which it is furnished.

Half the army was in hospital from want of proper nourishment and commonsense sanitation.

For there is no intellectual power that is so directly quickened and strengthened by any nourishment as imagination is by wine.

Dont you know how soon roses fade after they are rudely torn from the protection and nourishment of the parent stem?

It was well that grannie should sleep, but in her utter weakness it was also necessary that she should have nourishment often.

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