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NUTRITIONARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nutritionary mean?
• NUTRITIONARY (adjective)
The adjective NUTRITIONARY has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or providing nutrition
Familiarity information: NUTRITIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or providing nutrition
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
nutritional; nutritionary
Context example:
nutritional information
Pertainym:
nutrition ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)
Derivation:
nutrition (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))
nutrition (a source of materials to nourish the body)
nutrition ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)
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