What does "alimentary" mean?

Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.

How do you pronounce "alimentary"?

Pronounced //ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi//.

Common synonyms include: nourishing, nutritive, alimental, dietary, digestive, digestive mechanism.

/ˌælɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
"Like Malthus and Young, [Ricardo] could not imagine that humankind would ever be totally freed from the alimentary imperative."
2
Nourishing; nutritious.

Adjective

"When she had the stomach flu, she would get nauseous anytime anything hit her alimentary canal."

From aliment (“food”) + -ary.