ALIMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alimentation mean? 

• ALIMENTATION (noun)
  The noun ALIMENTATION has 2 senses:

1. a source of materials to nourish the body

2. the act of supplying food and nourishment

  Familiarity information: ALIMENTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALIMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A source of materials to nourish the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals

Hypernyms ("alimentation" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alimentation"):

vitamin (any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism)

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)

milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)

Derivation:

aliment (give nourishment to)

Sense 2

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"):

infant feeding (feeding an infant)

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)

intravenous feeding; IV (administration of nutrients through a vein)

overfeeding (excessive feeding)

spoonfeeding (feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon)

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)

lactation; suckling (feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast)

Derivation:

aliment (give nourishment to)