Definitions of nutrient

1. Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.

2. Anything, as an article of food, that nourishes or promotes growth.

3. Anything nourishing.

4. Any substance which nourishes.

5. Anything nourishing or nutritious.

6. providing nourishment; " good nourishing food"

7. Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

8. Nutritious or promoting growth.

9. Giving nourishment; nourishing.