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Antonyms for nutriment

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noo-truh-muh nt, nyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu trə mənt, ˈnyu-


Definition of nutriment

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin nutrimentum "nourishment; support," from nutrire "to nourish, suckle, feed," from PIE *nu-tri-, from root *(s)nau- "to swim, flow, let flow," hence "to suckle" (cf. Sanskrit snauti "she drips, gives milk;" Greek nan "I flow"), extended form of root *sna- "to swim" (see natatorium).
  • noun food
Example sentences :
  • These, like other animals, should be suffered to attain their full growth, in order to have them in the best state for nutriment.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The will and the emotions demanded their nutriment and exercise as well as the intellect.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • He snatched golden grain for nutriment from the hand of a goddess.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • The manner in which nutriment is administered to infants is not immaterial.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • The soil for its nutriment may there be well-nigh exhausted.
  • Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Turtles, we know, will live for months while entirely deprived of nutriment.
  • Extract from : « Fasting Girls » by William Alexander Hammond
  • Is hemiplegia a dyspepsia of the nerves of nutriment of the brain and organs of that side?
  • Extract from : « Philosophy of Osteopathy » by Andrew T. Still
  • Scanty as this nutriment was, it was sufficient to sustain life.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846 » by Various
  • We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.
  • Extract from : « The Maine Woods » by Henry David Thoreau
  • These loaves are devoid of taste and nutriment, as well as of softness.
  • Extract from : « A Guide to Health » by Mahatma Gandhi

Synonyms for nutriment

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