source of nourishment

collocation in English

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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nourishment
noun[U]
uk
/ˈnʌr.ɪʃ.mənt/us
/ˈnɝː.ɪʃ.mənt/
food that you need to grow and ...
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(Definition ofsourceandnourishmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sea is also viewed as the repository and giver of treasures, as asourceofnourishmentand abundance.
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Knowledge of this mystery is genuine rational knowledge, but it also involves a penetration into or a participation in a depth that is thesourceofnourishmentand life.
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The measures are important because they provide safeguards for young infants for whom in many cases these products provide the main or even the solesourceofnourishmentfrom birth.
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Given that their prime source of income is generated through horses, to ignore their milk as asourceofnourishmentwould be foolish.
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In our example above, the birthday cake is much more than asourceofnourishment, it is a sign with much deeper and broader meaning.
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The indigenous oak trees provided acorns that were an importantsourceofnourishment.
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The lake has been asourceofnourishmentfor many of the local peoples.
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It is not known if this is his primarysourceofnourishment.
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In folklore, witch's milk was believed to be asourceofnourishmentfor witches familiar spirits.
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The lake near the temple will not go dry even in hot summer months and remains asourceofnourishmentto life forms.
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As asourceofnourishment, the immediacy of this connection is intensified.
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Most mammals lose the ability to digest lactose once they are old enough to find their ownsourceofnourishmentaway from their mother.
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Mangoes provide an importantsourceofnourishment, and the vitamins help to strengthen the immune system.
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Faxafli has always been asourceofnourishmentof the people living on its shore.
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At first, they feed on the yolks of the eggs but as thissourceofnourishmentdeclines they begin to rasp at the ciliated epithelial cells that line the oviduct.
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The chief crop that fueled the ever-growing civilizations in the region was the grain barley and enumer wheat though sesame seeds also provided asourceofnourishment.
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The egg quickly began to be seen as just asourceofnourishmentfor the sperm and the sperm was viewed as being far superior to the egg.
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Fruit flies, which have a short life cycle, tend to lay their eggs in their food supply, to provide their offspring with asourceofnourishmentafter hatching.
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Bread could be one of the best, as well as one of the cheapest, sources of nourishment; but it is not so to-day.
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The goat and malacological remains that were documented are a reflection of the sources of nourishment of these communities.
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