nourishment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The food and nutrients that a living thing needs to live and grow.

   A newborn baby gets all its nourishment from milk.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of feeding or supporting something so it can grow.

   Their nourishment of the orphans saved many lives.

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.

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