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# nutrient

«nutrient» in Mova's school dictionary: **a substance in food that a living thing needs to grow…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a nutrient, nutrients)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A nutrient is a substance in food that a living thing needs to grow, stay healthy and have energy, like protein, vitamins and minerals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#m1)

2) For plants, nutrients are substances they take from the soil, like nitrogen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons pupils learn the main nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. Food labels list nutrients. In plant lessons, roots take in water and nutrients. Phrases: rich in nutrients, nutrient-rich, essential nutrients.

### examples

- Vegetables are full of nutrients. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x1)
- Plants take nutrients from the soil through their roots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x2)
- Protein is a nutrient that helps you grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x3)
- Milk has the nutrient calcium for strong bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x4)
- Chips have lots of fat but few other nutrients. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x5)
- The label shows the nutrients in each serving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x6)
- Compost adds nutrients to the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x7)
- Blood carries nutrients around the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/#x8)

### note

Countable: nutrients. Related words: nutrition (the science of food), nutritious (full of nutrients). Myth: one "superfood" does not give all the nutrients; a mix of foods does. In problems, nutrients per serving are multiplied by number of servings.

### In the corpora

- [Whale poo spreads nutrients that feed plankton, and plankton makes much of Earth's oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/26-whales/17/)
- [Many rainforest soils are surprisingly poor, because heavy rain washes nutrients out and most nutrients are stored in the plants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/56-soil/14/)
- [Vegetarians can get all their nutrients from beans, eggs, dairy, nuts, grains and vegetables.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/21-what-vitamins-do/13/)
- [Humus is the dark material made from rotted plants and animals, and it is rich in nutrients.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/8/)
- [Decomposers such as fungi, bacteria and earthworms break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/63-soil-and-what-lives-in-it/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nutrient» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutrient/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.