nutrient

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈnjuː.tɹi.ənt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/

Noun

nutrient (plural nutrients)

1. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
   • 2012, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, August 24, p.20

     Even second-generation biofuel#Noun|biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stover#Noun|stovers which protect the soil from erosion#Noun|erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.

Synonyms

• nutriment

Translations

• French: nutriment
• German: Nährstoff
• Italian: nutriente, principe nutritivo
• Portuguese: nutriente
• Russian: питательный
• Spanish: nutriente

Adjective

nutrient

1. Providing nourishment.

Translations

• French: nutritif
• German: nahrhaft
• Russian: пита́тельный

Related terms

• nourish
• nourishment
• nurse
• nursery
• nutriment
• nutrition
• nutritional
• nutritious
• nutritive

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