nutritive
pronunciation
How to pronounce nutritive in British English:
UK ['nju:trɪtɪv]
How to pronounce nutritive in American English:
US [ˈnutrɪtɪv, ˈnju-]
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- Adjective:
- of or providing nourishment
Word Origin
- nutritive (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French nutritif and directly from Medieval Latin nutritivus "nourishing," from past participle stem of Latin nutrire "to nourish" (see nourish).
Example
- 1. The water in which rice is boiled should not be wasted , as it contains much nutritive material .
- 2. Don 't forget that there are other considerations when choosing which foods to eat , such as nutritive value and diversity of your food choices .
- 3. One theory is that many best-sellers simply weren 't very good or interesting books in the first place ; they were empty calories without nutritive value .
- 4. Article 28 the state shall encourage and support the processing and comprehensive development and utilization of grains , increase the added value of grains and improve the nutritive structure of people 's food .
- 5. " Large amounts of nutritive reserves must be recovered for winter storage so they can boost the array of activity which begins with new growth each spring , " robert guy and jodie krakowski of ubc 's department of forest sciences write in the journal , davidsonia .