Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ALIMENT
nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body
nutrify, aliment, nourish
(verb) give nourishment to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments)
(now rare) Food.
(figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
(Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
Verb
aliment (third-person singular simple present aliments, present participle alimenting, simple past and past participle alimented)
(obsolete) To feed, nourish.
To sustain, support.
Anagrams
• ailment, maltine, netmail
Source: Wiktionary
Al"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. alimentum, fr. alere to nourish; akin to Goth. alan to grow, Icel. ala to nourish: cf. F. aliment. See Old.]
1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon.
2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]
Al"i*ment, v. t.
1. To nourish; to support.
2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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