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nour·ish·ment

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–noun

1.	something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.

2.	the act of 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.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME norysshement < MF norissement. See nourish, -ment

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nour·ish·ment Audio Help (nûr'ĭsh-mənt, nŭr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of nourishing.
2. The state of being nourished.
Something that nourishes; food.

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nourishment
noun
1.	a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment]
2.	the act of nourishing; "her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives"

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ˈnourishment noun

something that nourishes; food
Example: Plants draw nourishment from the earth.

Arabic:	غِذاء، تَغْذِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	滋养品
Chinese (Traditional):	滋養品
Czech:	výživa; jídlo
Danish:	føde; næring
Dutch:	voeding
Estonian:	toit
Finnish:	ravinto
French:	nourriture
German:	die Nahrung
Greek:	τροφή
Hungarian:	táplálék
Icelandic:	næring
Indonesian:	makanan
Italian:	nutrimento

Japanese:	栄養
Korean:	영양분, 음식물
Latvian:	barība
Lithuanian:	maistas, maitinimas, maistingos medžiagos
Norwegian:	(er)næring
Polish:	pożywienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	alimento
Portuguese (Portugal):	alimento
Romanian:	hrană
Russian:	питание; пища
Slovak:	výživa
Slovenian:	hrana
Spanish:	alimento
Swedish:	näring, föda
Turkish:	besin, gıda, yiyecek