noun
enrichment
ihn-RIHCH-muhnt
noun
1
The process of improving or adding value to something.
"The museum offers enrichment programs for local schoolchildren."
2
(technical) The process of increasing the concentration of a specific isotope, as in nuclear fuel production.
"Inspectors monitored the country's uranium enrichment program."
3
Activities or objects provided to keep a captive animal mentally stimulated.
"Zookeepers hide food around the enclosure as enrichment for the tigers."
How to Use Enrichment
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe act or result of making something richer, better, or more stimulating.
Common pairings
enrichment program
uranium enrichment
environmental enrichment
Word Forms
enrichments plural
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Etymology
From "enrich" plus the noun-forming suffix -ment.