ALIMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does aliment mean?
• ALIMENT (noun)
The noun ALIMENT has 1 sense:
1. a source of materials to nourish the body
Familiarity information: ALIMENT used as a noun is very rare.
• ALIMENT (verb)
The verb ALIMENT has 1 sense:
1. give nourishment to
Familiarity information: ALIMENT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALIMENT (noun)
Meaning:
A source of materials to nourish the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
aliment; sustenance; nutriment; nourishment; alimentation; nutrition; victuals
Hypernyms ("aliment" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aliment"):
milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)
vitamin pill (a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement)
wheat germ (embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins)
stodge (heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food)
puree (food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender)
mince (food chopped into small bits)
mess (soft semiliquid food)
meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
kosher (food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law)
ingesta (solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth)
finger food (food to be eaten with the fingers)
fast food (inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly)
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat (something considered choice to eat)
course (part of a meal served at one time)
vitamin (any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism)
• ALIMENT (verb)
Meaning:
Give nourishment to
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
aliment; nutrify; nourish
Hypernyms (to "aliment" is one way to...):
feed; give (give food to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
