consumption
nounHow many syllables in consumption?
There are 3 syllables in the word consumption.How to pronounce consumption:
Definition of consumption:
- consumption (noun):
- the act or process of consuming
- the quantity of something consumed or used
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
Synonyms for consumption:
activity
bodily function
bodily process
body process
consuming
deglutition
depletion
dissipation
drain
drink
drinking
eating
economic consumption
exhaustion
expenditure
feeding
imbibition
ingestion
intake
loss
phthisis
pulmonary tuberculosis
suck
sucking
suction
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