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Spell Bee Word: Nourishment


Basic Details

Word: Nourishment

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The food and other things that people, animals and plants need to grow and stay healthy.

Synonyms: food, nutrition, sustenance

Antonyms: starvation, hunger

How to Spell Nourishment

Syllables: nour - ish - ment

Tricky part: The first syllable is spelt our, though it sounds like 'nur'. No e comes before ment.

Watch out for: nurishment, nourishement, norishment

Memory tip: Find the word our inside: n-OUR-ishment. Our food is our nourishment.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Sick puppies need extra nourishment to get strong again.

Example 2: Dal and rice give plenty of nourishment at a low cost.

Example 3: The poor soil gave the young plants very little nourishment.

Fun Fact

Plants take water and minerals from the soil through their roots, but they make their own food in their leaves by photosynthesis.

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Word Makeup

Only one of these roots takes the suffix ment. Choose it:

ment

a) feed
b) perish
c) starve
d) nourish

Show answer

d) nourish. Nourish + ment makes nourishment; starvement, perishment and feedment are not words.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

nourishement

a) e
b) h
c) s
d) u

Show answer

a) e. Nourish ends in sh, and ment joins straight on with no e.

Spell-o-Spell

Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:

1. appetite 2. famine 3. digestion 4. nurishment

a) the breaking down of food in the body
b) food needed for growth and health
c) the wish to eat
d) a very serious shortage of food in an area

Show answer

b) food needed for growth and health. Nurishment has lost the o; the word begins with nour.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these gives a baby the most nourishment?

a) a toy
b) a blanket
c) milk
d) a rattle

Show answer

c) milk

2. A plant that gets no nourishment from the soil will most likely ____.

a) wilt and grow weakly
b) flower more often
c) turn a brighter green
d) grow faster than others

Show answer

a) wilt and grow weakly

Associated Words

contractedforegoingrejectioncoordinatingcontainer
vacillatingearnesthypocrisyinsuranceinequality

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