Definitions for nutriment

nutriment nu·tri·ment

Spelling: [noo-truh-muh nt, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu trə mənt, ˈnyu-/

Nutriment is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in nutriment (eimnnrttu).

Definitions for nutriment

noun

  1. any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
  2. anything that nourishes; nourishment; food.

Origin of nutriment

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin nūtrīmentum nourishment, equivalent to nūtrī(re) to nourish, feed + -mentum -ment

Examples for nutriment

Scanty as this nutriment was, it was sufficient to sustain life.

The manner in which nutriment is administered to infants is not immaterial.

These, like other animals, should be suffered to attain their full growth, in order to have them in the best state for nutriment.

The soil for its nutriment may there be well-nigh exhausted.

Is hemiplegia a dyspepsia of the nerves of nutriment of the brain and organs of that side?

These loaves are devoid of taste and nutriment, as well as of softness.

Turtles, we know, will live for months while entirely deprived of nutriment.

He snatched golden grain for nutriment from the hand of a goddess.

We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.

The will and the emotions demanded their nutriment and exercise as well as the intellect.

Word Value for nutriment
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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