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Definition of nourishment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nourishment

noun
 
/ˈnʌrɪʃmənt/
 
/ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt/
[uncountable] (formal or specialist)
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  1. food that is needed to stay alive, grow and stay healthy synonym nutrition (2)
    • Can plants obtain adequate nourishment from such poor soil?
    • (figurative) As a child, she was starved of intellectual nourishment.
    • These seeds can be a great source of nourishment to birds in winter.
    • lack of adequate nourishment
    • You need natural, fresh food with lots of nourishment.
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • adequate
    • proper
    • emotional
    verb + nourishment
    • need
    • draw
    • get
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See nourishment in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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