nourishment
The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
Other meanings
Something that nourishes; food.
Synonyms
- nutrition
A kind of
- food
Kinds of nourishment
- vitamin
- milk
- course
- delicacy
- dish
- fast food
- finger food
- meal
Related words
- overnourishment
- renourishment
- undernourishment
- beach nourishment
Word history
From Old French "norissement".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nourishment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.