nutritive
serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
of, relating to, or concerned with nutrition: foods with high nutritive value.
an item of nourishing food: a breakfast of cereals, fruits, and other nutritives.
Origin of nutritive
1Other words from nutritive
- nu·tri·tive·ly, adverb
- nu·tri·tive·ness, noun
- hy·per·nu·tri·tive, adjective
- non·nu·tri·tive, adjective
- non·nu·tri·tive·ly, adverb
- non·nu·tri·tive·ness, noun
- un·nu·tri·tive, adjective
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How to use nutritive in a sentence
To fulfil the requirement, the quantity must be increased as the nutritiveness is diminished.
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects | Herbert SpencerAre children doomed to a monotonous dietary, or a dietary that is deficient in nutritiveness?
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects | Herbert SpencerIn respect of nutritiveness, it deserves a preference over all the pure starches on account of the proteine compounds it contains.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom | P. L. Simmonds
British Dictionary definitions for nutritive
/ (ˈnjuːtrɪtɪv) /
providing nourishment
of, concerning, or promoting nutrition
a nutritious food
Derived forms of nutritive
- nutritively, adverb
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