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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a source of materials to nourish the body;
[syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nutriment \Nu"tri*ment\, n. [L. nutrimentum, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which nourishes; a nutrient; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. [1913 Webster] The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. That which promotes development or growth. [1913 Webster] Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind? --Swift. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nutriment n 1: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "nutriment": aliment, alimentation, bread, bread and butter, growth regulator, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, nourishment, nurture, nutrient, nutritive, pabulum, pap, refection, refreshment, subsistence, support, sustenance