Definitions for nourishment

nourishment nour·ish·ment

Spelling: [nur-ish-muh nt, nuhr-]
IPA: /ˈnɜr ɪʃ mənt, ˈnʌr-/

Nourishment is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1219 anagrams from letters in nourishment (ehimnnorstu).

Definitions for nourishment

noun

  1. something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  2. the act of nourishing.
  3. the state of being nourished.
  4. a process, system, method, etc., of providing or administering nourishment:

Origin of nourishment

1375-1425; late Middle English norysshement Middle French norissement. See nourish, -ment

Examples for nourishment

Very 2009 is its riff on imagination and creativity as the only nourishment that can keep “the begging bowl of the Buddha” full.

Don't you see that it interferes with the other, and robs it of its nourishment?

So nourishment, cleanliness, and ventilation are the main remedies.

Don't you see that it attracts all the nourishment to itself, and hinders this side from growing?

The human soul is an ocean tossed by storms of passion, deep and bottomless in its need for succor and nourishment.

The novel is set at a time of scarcity, and all of the characters fret about nourishment.

Meaningful friendships require constant attention, nourishment, feeding and watering.

A week of this sort of nourishment, and I'll have you converted to my ideas.

His only nourishment was milk, drawn from a bottle through a quill.

Even if they found shelter from the sun each morning, could the same be said for nourishment?

Word Value for nourishment
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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