victual
noun
[ ˈvɪt(ə)l ]
• food or provisions.
• "turkey and other savoury victuals were served"
Similar:
food,
food and drink,
fare,
cooking,
cuisine,
sustenance,
nutriment,
nourishment,
nutrition,
bread,
daily bread,
foodstuffs,
refreshments,
eatables,
edibles,
food supplies,
provisions,
rations,
stores,
staples,
vivers,
eats,
grub,
nosh,
chow,
scoff,
tuck,
nibbles,
scran,
chuck,
viands,
commons,
meat,
comestibles,
provender,
aliment,
commissariat,
pabulum,
viaticum,
victual
verb
• provide with food or other stores.
• "the ship wasn't even properly victualled"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French vitaille, from late Latin victualia, neuter plural of Latin victualis, from victus ‘food’; related to vivere ‘to live’. The pronunciation still represents the early spelling vittel ; later spelling has been influenced by the Latin form.
