Dictionary Check: consumption

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"consumption" is a valid word!

Scrabble 17 points
Words with Friends 23 points

Definition

noun

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Synonyms:
ingestion intake uptake
noun

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Synonyms:
pulmonary tuberculosis phthisis wasting disease white plague
noun

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

Example: "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Synonyms:
economic consumption usance use use of goods and services
noun

the act of consuming something

Synonyms:
using up expenditure

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