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nutriment

nutriment

1 8.3
Something that gives living things food and energy
  • noun
  • /ˈnjuːtrɪmənt/
translation icon : nutriente
  • I think minerals succeed through the transference of radical moisture and vegetables through some increase of efflorescent activity, but animals attempt to profit according to the exigencies of their being, because all things yearn for a nutriment to which they grow accustomed.

Use the nutrition nutriment table to calculate how much calories is in what people consume.

Examples

  • Fruits and vegetables are rich in nutriment, essential for maintaining good health.

  • What good are humanity's nutriments to them?

    Fiction book (1991)

  • We were trying to find nutriment here and there, and put sugar on it where we could, and the more we saw ourselves slipping, the more we would try to get sugar.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.

    Blog text (10)

  • Veneration, homage, and devotion are like nutriment, making it healthy and strong, especially strong for the activity of cognition.

    Academic text (1991)

  • From a biological point of view, the oyster loses none of its nutriment, none of its health-giving properties, and none of its succulence by the process.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Protein is an important nutriment that helps to build and repair tissues.

  • The diet plan emphasizes a balance of different types of nutriment for optimal growth.

Synonyms

nutrient
vsnutriment
115 3.1

A substance like food or minerals that plants and animals need to grow and stay healthy

is less strictly essential and can simply promote growth and health
nourishment
vsnutriment
38 2.0

Food and drink needed for growth and health

refers to the substance itself rather than the act of providing it
sustenance
vsnutriment
23 5.7

Food and drink that keep you alive and healthy

focuses on growth and health promotion rather than general life support
aliment
vsnutriment
  • Archaic
1 8.0

Food that gives people or animals what they need to live

is about specific growth and health promoting substances rather than general food
victuals
vsnutriment
  • Archaic
9.1

Food and drink kept or prepared to eat

is about a substance that helps growth and health not stored food supplies

Antonyms

poison
367 2.1

A substance that makes people, animals, or plants very ill and can cause death

toxin
  • Specialized
140 5.3

A poisonous substance that some animals, plants, or bacteria make

How Nourishing

fat
391 1.0
protein
  • Specialized
435 2.8
nutriment
1 8.3
vitamin
309 1.3
water
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

nutriment singular
nutriments plural

Morphology

nutriment = nourish (semi-transparent) = nutri + ment

The word is formed from the combining-stem 'nutri-' plus '-ment' meaning a thing that nourishes, but the combining form 'nutri-' is not a standalone modern English word and differs in form from common words like 'nourish' or 'nutrition', so learners may not immediately see the connection.

Etymology

Nutriment comes from the Latin verb nutrire, which means 'to feed'. You can see the same root in nutrition and nourish, so nutriment is a thing that 'feeds' or gives what a plant, animal, or person needs to grow and be healthy.