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digestion

/daɪˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/noun3 syllables

Digestion means: the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat.

What does digestion mean?3

noun

1

the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

2

the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body

3

learning and coming to understand ideas and information“his appetite for facts was better than his digestion”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with digestion?4

two syllables

question

three syllables

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Digestion in a sentence

  • The better cooked the meat is, the quicker its digestion.mervert1
  • A natural diet is suitable for human digestion.unknown
  • Natural food is not always good for our digestion.Ricardo14
  • Don't eat too much and disrupt the stomach's normal digestion process.weihaiping
  • A walk after eating is good for digestion.OsoHombre
  • Digestion involves muscular action as well as chemical processes.Maria_E_Ward
  • Why do so many people suffer from problems with digestion?AlanF_US
  • Mint leaves possess properties that help with the process of digestion.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of digestion

as a noun

plural
digestions