nutritious
adjective/njuˈtrɪʃəs/
/nuˈtrɪʃəs/
- (of food) very good for you; containing many of the substances which help the body to grow synonym nourishing
- tasty and nutritious meals
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb2- Adapt your usual eating regime to make it more nutritious.
- Lentil soup is highly nutritious and easy to prepare.
- Start the day with a nutritious breakfast.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- make something
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin nutritius ‘that nourishes’ (from nutrex ‘a nurse’) + -ous.Want to learn more?
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