English > nutrient: 3 senses > noun 1, Tops| Meaning | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. |
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| Synonym | food |
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| Parts | food, solid food | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
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| Narrower | beverage, drink, drinkable, potable | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking |
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| chyme | A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum |
| comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals | Any substance that can be used as food |
| comfort food | Food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing |
| commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals | A stock or supply of foods |
| culture medium, medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid / liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms |
| fare | The food and drink that are regularly served or consumed |
| feed, provender | Food for domestic livestock |
| foodstuff, food product | A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
| micronutrient | A substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals) |
| miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven | (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites / Israelites during the Exodus |
| nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals | A source of materials to nourish the body |
| soul food | Food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South |
| water | A liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants |
| yolk, vitellus | nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) |
| Broader | substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
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| Spanish | alimento, alimentos, comida, nutriente, nutrimento, sustento |
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| Catalan | aliment, menjar, nutrient, sustent |
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| Adjectives | nutrient | of or providing nourishment |
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| Verbs | nutrify | give nourishment to |
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