Synonyms for aliment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun al-uh-muhnt; verb al-uh-ment
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈæl ə mənt; verb ˈæl əˌmɛnt

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Définition of aliment

Origin :
  • "food," late 15c., from Latin alimentum "nourishment," in plural, "food, provisions," from alere "to nourish" (see alimentary).
  • noun food
Example sentences :
  • Others, who demanded revenge, found an aliment for their inactive forces.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He died like a lamp which ceases to burn for want of aliment.
  • Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
  • All these are placed before the Chapel kindred for inspiration and aliment.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • A few mouthfuls of the aliment are rejected at a time for some hours after meals.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • Cook found no traces of aliment in the stomachs of those shot by his party.
  • Extract from : « Heads and Tales » by Various
  • Indeed, what known fruit is there that is more wholesome as an aliment than this?
  • Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • They form, in some sort, the prehensile organs which seize the aliment.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
  • Caterpillars in the course of a month devour 60,000 times their own weight of aliment.
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
  • Dogs to whom you present an aliment for which they have no taste, bite you.
  • Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • If he has no other aliment, he must go on feeding upon what he has.
  • Extract from : « English Secularism » by George Jacob Holyoake

Antonyms for aliment

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