What does alimentary mean?

alimentary means "of or providing nourishment".

How many syllables are in alimentary?

alimentary has 5 syllables: al-i-men-ta-ry. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌæləˈmɛntɚi/.

What is another word for alimentary?

Close synonyms include alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alimentary a common word?

alimentary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alimentary?

7 words rhyme with alimentary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

alimentary — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
of or providing nourishment
“good nourishing stew”
Synonymsalimental nourishing nutrient nutritious nutritive
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