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nutritious Definition

nu·tri·tious (no̵̅o̅ tris̸həs, nyo̵̅o̅-)

adjective

nourishing; of value as food

Etymology: L nutricius: see nurse

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nutritious Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: The discovery provides a new example of how genetic technology may be used to make foods more nutritious.

Modifies a noun

  • meal: She can now provide three nutritious meals a day for her children.
  • snack: Keep some nutritious snacks close by in case you can't stomach a full lunch.
  • diet: What do you consider to be a nutritious, healthy diet - can you cook?
  • food: Will they provide healthy nutritious food for your child?
  • recipe: The nutritious recipes, are influenced from around the world.
  • compost: Save Money - you can produce a valuable nutritious compost for your garden that would cost pounds at a garden center.

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: We leave highly nutritious, freshly made food on your doorstep every morning.
  • extremely: Apart from being extremely nutritious, the beauty of this is the speed!
  • very: All species love this very nutritious feed, ideal for hanging feeders.
  • particularly: He was also a salesman for his father's granary business, and developed a recipe for a particularly nutritious loaf of bread.
  • so: Never has fast food tasted so good and been so nutritious.
  • only: For one third of children the school meal is the only nutritious meal of the day.

Used with adjective complement

  • provide: All of our outlets aim to provide nutritious as well as popular food choices.
  • offer: We Care USA We Care USA offers nutritious all natural cereals, energy bars, drinks, and supplements.

Preposition: of

  • snack: Toasted seeds are one of the most nutritious of snacks ( especially for children, who burn up calories ).

Preposition: than

  • milk: Coconut Water is More Nutritious than whole milk - Less fat and NO cholesterol!