consumption

Meanings

• the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
• involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
• (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing;
• "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
• the act of consuming something

Synonyms

• ingestion
• intake
• uptake
• pulmonary tuberculosis
• phthisis
• wasting disease
• white plague
• economic consumption
• usance
• use
• use of goods and services
• using up
• expenditure

Scrabble Score: 17

consumption is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

consumption is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

consumption is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

consumption is a valid Words With Friends word

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