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Word entry · 9 letters

digestion

Best crossword clue

"breaking down food"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted degiinostStarts with DEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2I3G4E5S6T7I8O9N

Definitions

  1. Process of breaking down food, or mentally absorbing information.

Word origin

From Old French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English melting (“melting, digestion”).

Used in a sentence

  • In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
  • As for Grierson, he poured liquor into himself as if it were so much soothing syrup, demonstrating that a good digestion is the highest form of good conscience.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01breaking down food9 letters
02Food breakdown9 letters

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