Nutrient

/ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/

Synonyms for "nutrient" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Adjective(2 words)
Noun(4 words)
cholinedietary componentessential elementfood

Strong matches (8)

Adjective(2 words)
natural substancenourishing

Related words (14)

Noun(12 words)
nutrimentnutrimentsnutrition componentnutritional elementplant nutrientpotassiumseleniumsoil elementsupplementsustenancevitaminvitamins
Adjective(2 words)

Related word relations

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chemical elementelementnutritional componentsubstance

More specific

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Collocations

6 entries
dietary nutrientessential nutrientnutrient cyclenutrient dense foodsnutrient intakenutrient rich foods

Inflections

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Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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At first glance the sand seems barren and unproductive. After a while, if you are careful not to kick up sand, you might see tiny benthic communities of tube-building worms come alive as they sweep the passing nutrient rich waters with tentacles to capture food.

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Sixty-five percent of U.S. estuaries and coastal water bodies are moderately to severely degraded by excessive nutrient inputs, which lead to algal blooms and low-oxygen (hypoxic) waters that can kill fish and seagrass and reduce essential fish habitats.

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Plants' source of nutrients is the soil, and the most nutrient rich soil is detritus, a stew of decaying organic matter from a variety of sources.

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The umbilical cord develops by the fifth week of embryonic development, replacing the yolk sac as the embryo's nutrient source.

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