nourishment
something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
the act of nourishing.
the state of being nourished.
a process, system, method, etc., of providing or administering nourishment: a treatise on the nourishment of international trade.
Origin of nourishment
1Other words from nourishment
- non·nour·ish·ment, noun
- o·ver·nour·ish·ment, noun
- re·nour·ish·ment, noun
- self-nour·ish·ment, noun
Words Nearby nourishment
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How to use nourishment in a sentence
We want the words “We’re All Worthy” to be synonymous with plant-based nourishment and self-worth for all.
Changing the plant-based food industry one spoon at a time | Rachel King | February 7, 2021 | FortuneFood quickly becomes a source of stress and shame, rather than nourishment and pleasure.
Now, I find it helpful to view cooking more practically through a lens of sustenance and nourishment, a way to get my body through these extremely difficult, and hopefully final, months of the pandemic.
The upheaval of our daily routines means each of us has had to redefine what joy and nourishment looks like in this moment.
Many of your favorite name brand foods will fit the bill as shelf-stable nourishment.
How to stock your pantry to endure a long, uncertain winter | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | November 9, 2020 | Popular-Science
Death by pills or lethal injection might be unnatural, but she believes that declining nourishment and medications is not.
The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation | Nick Tabor | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCould 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 Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonFor there is no intellectual power that is so directly quickened and strengthened by any nourishment as imagination is by wine.
The Art of Drinking | Georg Gottfried GervinusDont you know how soon roses fade after they are rudely torn from the protection and nourishment of the parent stem?
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterIt was well that grannie should sleep, but in her utter weakness it was also necessary that she should have nourishment often.
David Fleming's Forgiveness | Margaret Murray Robertson
British Dictionary definitions for nourishment
/ (ˈnʌrɪʃmənt) /
the act or state of nourishing
a substance that nourishes; food; nutriment
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