Dictionary entry details
• ALIMENTATION (noun)
Meaning:
A source of materials to nourish the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; sustenance; nutrition; victuals
Hypernyms ("alimentation" 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 "alimentation"):
mess (soft semiliquid food)
mince (food chopped into small bits)
puree (food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender)
stodge (heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food)
wheat germ (embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins)
vitamin pill (a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement)
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)
milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)
vitamin (any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism)
Meaning:
The act of supplying food and nourishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
alimentation; feeding
Hypernyms ("alimentation" is a kind of...):
provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alimentation"):
lactation; suckling (feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast)
hyperalimentation; total parenteral nutrition; TPN (administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes)
spoonfeeding (feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon)
overfeeding (excessive feeding)
intravenous feeding; IV (administration of nutrients through a vein)
forced feeding; gavage (feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat)
infant feeding (feeding an infant)
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