alimentation
Americannoun
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means of upkeep or subsistence; maintenance; support.
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addition to the volume of a glacial mass, chiefly by the accumulation of ice, snow, or névé.
noun
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nourishment
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sustenance; support
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of alimentation
First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin alimentātiōn- (stem of alimentātiō ); see aliment, -ation
Example Sentences
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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
In ten thousand years, two hundred thousand millions of human bodies have been formed by means of respiration and alimentation from the earth and atmosphere, and have returned to them again.
From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by George Woodward Warder
For all these children public alimentation and clothing also would be a godsend.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
Like the respiration, the alimentation ought to be watched by the singer.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
For this reason many new trees spring up in groups, obtaining their first alimentation from the dissolution of the corpse.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
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