wholesome
/ˈhəʊls(ə)m/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhəʊls(ə)m/
wholesome
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- 2 syllables
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
who - le - some -> wholesome
Myanmar meaning
ကာယ ၊ ဥစ္စာ ၊ စာရိတ္တ ၊ ကျန်းမာရေးကို မြှင့်တင်ပေးသော။ သေချာသော ၊ စဉ်းစားဉာဏ်ရှိသော။
Full entry
၁။ (က) အာဟာရပြည့်ဝသော။ plain but wholesome meals. (ခ) ကျန်းမာပုံရသော။ have a wholesome appearance.
၂။ ကိုယ်ကျင့်သိက္ခာရှိသော။ သင့်မြတ်လျော်ကန်သော။ a wholesome influence. Compare unwholesome wholesomeness n [U]
More examples
- ‘It looks as though the food given the detainees at Guantanamo is wholesome, nutritious and appealing.’
- ‘Buying wholesome, healthy ingredients and cooking them at home is so simple.’
- ‘Another alternative is 100 per cent rye bread, which is relatively wholesome and nutritious.’
- ‘They took the name Bare Earth for their business to reflect their wish to produce good, natural, wholesome foods.’
- ‘Start being sensible about eating wholesome and healthy food and get in shape.’
- ‘Everyone loves the wholesome nutrition of vegetables, but is there really much of that in frozen mixed veggies?’
- ‘At first glance, the poster girl for Cachez cosmetics looks as healthy and wholesome as any other.’
- ‘It's also very easy to buy healthy, wholesome, non-processed foods and go back to eating the way our parents did.’
- ‘Tapioca is nutritious and wholesome, and in Kerala is known as the poor man's vegetable.’
- ‘The parent can then suggest wholesome alternatives to achieve the same end.’
- ‘Choosing organic whole fruit would be a more wholesome option for Rhona.’
- ‘There is testimony that is it both wholesome and nourishing, as well as economical.’
- ‘It seems American icon Martha Stewart might not be as wholesome as her homemade apple pies would suggest.’
- ‘The school nurse visited to talk about healthy bodies and the children learnt to cook wholesome foods.’
- ‘What chance do they stand of growing up with a taste for wholesome, nourishing food when their mothers cannot be bothered to feed them correctly?’
- ‘And thinking specifically of the terribly wholesome, fairly traded, organic peanut butter we have here?’
- ‘Also, other than fruits and vegetables, is there another healthy, wholesome snack?’
- ‘They should point out the benefits of a wholesome and balanced diet and the harm from eating too much junk food.’
- ‘It's not really wholesome stuff, but it can be nutritious enough for a cat that can't eat dry kibble.’
- ‘It might be medically unsound to be overweight, but somehow it's more wholesome than our current pursuit of physical perfection.’
Synonyms
healthy, nutritious, good, nourishing, natural, hearty, all there, beneficial, blooming, clean, clean-cut, clean-living, commonsensical, decent, edifying, ethical, exemplary, fit, fresh-faced, hale, hale and hearty, health-giving, healthful, helpful, honest, honorable, hygienic, in fine feather, in the pink, innocent, invigorating, moral, nice, normal, nutritive, open, open-faced, practical, pure, respectable, restorative, right, righteous, ruddy, safe, salubrious, salutary, sane, sanitary, sensible, sound, strengthening, together, upright, virtuous, well, worthy
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