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- DictionaryNour·ish·ment/ˈnəriSHm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition: "tubers from which plants obtain nourishment"
The meaning of NOURISHMENT is food, nutriment. How to use nourishment in a sentence.
Nourishment is something that nourishes—does or provides what’s needed for someone or something to be healthy and to grow and develop. It can also refer to the act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈnʌr.ɪʃ.mənt / us / ˈnɝː.ɪʃ.mənt / Add to word list. food that you need to grow and stay healthy: Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Diets & dieting. caloric. calorie-controlled. carb-free. clean eating. cleanse. detox. diabetic. fatty.
Nourishment is what you get from the food you eat that helps you grow and stay healthy. There's more nourishment in a bowl of lentils than a bowl of Lucky Charms, no matter how tasty those marshmallows are.
nurture, rear; to promote the growth of; to furnish or sustain with nutriment : feed… See the full definition
NOURISHMENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of nourishment in English. nourishment. noun [ U ] us / ˈnɝː.ɪʃ.mənt / uk / ˈnʌr.ɪʃ.mənt / Add to word list. food that you need to grow and stay healthy: Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of nourishment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If something provides a person, animal, or plant with nourishment, it provides them with the food that is necessary for life, growth, and good health. The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow. He was unable to take nourishment for several days.
verb (used with object) to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth. He had long nourished the dream of living abroad. to nourish discontent among the workers; to nourish the arts in one's community.
Noun. Filter. noun. A nourishing or being nourished. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The state of being nourished. American Heritage Medicine. Something that nourishes; food; nutriment.
