Dictionary entry

Wholesomeness

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

n [U] အာဟာရပြည့်ဝသော။ (ခ) ကျန်းမာပုံရသော။ ၂။ ကိုယ်ကျင့်သိက္ခာရှိသော။ သင့်မြတ်လျော်ကန်သော။

Definition

wholesome /'hǝƱlsǝm/ adj ၁။ (က) အာဟာရျပည့္ဝေသာ။ plain but wholesome meals. (ခ) က်န္းမာပံုရေသာ။ have a wholesome appearance. ၂။ ကိုယ္က်င့္သိကၡာရိွေသာ။ သင့္ျမတ္ေလ်ာ္ကန္ေသာ။ a wholesome influence. Compare unwholesome wholesomeness n [U]

Examples

  1. ‘It looks as though the food given the detainees at Guantanamo is wholesome
  2. nutritious and appealing.’
  3. ‘Buying wholesome
  4. healthy ingredients and cooking them at home is so simple.’
  5. ‘Another alternative is 100 per cent rye bread
  6. which is relatively wholesome and nutritious.’
  7. ‘They took the name Bare Earth for their business to reflect their wish to produce good
  8. natural
  9. wholesome foods.’
  10. ‘Start being sensible about eating wholesome and healthy food and get in shape.’
  11. ‘Everyone loves the wholesome nutrition of vegetables
  12. but is there really much of that in frozen mixed veggies?’
  13. ‘At first glance
  14. the poster girl for Cachez cosmetics looks as healthy and wholesome as any other.’
  15. ‘It's also very easy to buy healthy
  16. wholesome
  17. non-processed foods and go back to eating the way our parents did.’
  18. ‘Tapioca is nutritious and wholesome
  19. and in Kerala is known as the poor man's vegetable.’
  20. ‘The parent can then suggest wholesome alternatives to achieve the same end.’
  21. ‘Choosing organic whole fruit would be a more wholesome option for Rhona.’
  22. ‘There is testimony that is it both wholesome and nourishing
  23. as well as economical.’
  24. ‘It seems American icon Martha Stewart might not be as wholesome as her homemade apple pies would suggest.’
  25. ‘The school nurse visited to talk about healthy bodies and the children learnt to cook wholesome foods.’
  26. ‘What chance do they stand of growing up with a taste for wholesome
  27. nourishing food when their mothers cannot be bothered to feed them correctly?’
  28. ‘And thinking specifically of the terribly wholesome
  29. fairly traded
  30. organic peanut butter we have here?’
  31. ‘Also
  32. other than fruits and vegetables
  33. is there another healthy
  34. wholesome snack?’
  35. ‘They should point out the benefits of a wholesome and balanced diet and the harm from eating too much junk food.’
  36. ‘It's not really wholesome stuff
  37. but it can be nutritious enough for a cat that can't eat dry kibble.’
  38. ‘It might be medically unsound to be overweight
  39. but somehow it's more wholesome than our current pursuit of physical perfection.’