Definition of nutrients Nutrients
/nuˈtɹiʌnts/ - [nutreeunts] -
We found 3 definitions of nutrients from 2 different sources.
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What does nutrients mean?
Wiktionary 
- nutrients (Noun)
Plural of nutrient.
Part of speech
🔤- nutrients, noun, plural of nutrient.
WordNet
NounPlural: nutrients |
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| nutrient - any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis | ||
| substance the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" | ||
| nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue | ||
| food | ||
| substance the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" | ||
| vitellus, yolk nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) | ||
| solid food, food any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue | ||
| comfort food food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking | ||
| comestible, eatable, edible, victual, pabulum, victuals any substance that can be used as food | ||
| fare the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed | ||
| food product, foodstuff a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food | ||
| aliment, nutriment, alimentation, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals a source of materials to nourish the body | ||
| commissariat, provisions, viands, provender, victuals a stock or supply of foods | ||
| feed, provender food for domestic livestock | ||
| miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus | ||
| beverage, drinkable, potable, drink any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" | ||
| water a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" | ||
| soul food food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South | ||
| micronutrient a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals) | ||
| chyme a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum | ||
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Wiktionary
- nutrient (Noun)
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. - nutrient (Adjective)
providing nourishment.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nutrient (a.)
Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth. - nutrient (n.)
Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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nutrient
Chemical elements which are involved in the construction of living tissue and which are needed by both plant and animal. The most important in terms of bulk are carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, with other essential ones including nitrogen, potassium, calcium, sulphur and phosphorus.
Wikipedia 
- A nutrient is either a chemical element or compound used in an organism's metabolism or physiology. A nutrient is essential to an organism if it cannot be produced by the organism and must be obtained from a food source.
Part of speech
🔤- nutrient, noun, singular of nutrients.
- nutrient, adjective.
