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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
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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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