Victuals

victuals
    n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn: {commissariat},
         {provisions}, {provender}, {viands}, {victuals}]
    2: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: {nutriment},
       {nourishment}, {nutrition}, {sustenance}, {aliment},
       {alimentation}, {victuals}]
    3: any substance that can be used as food [syn: {comestible},
       {edible}, {eatable}, {pabulum}, {victual}, {victuals}]
    

Victuals \Vict"uals\ (v[i^]t"'lz), n. pl. [OE. vitaille, OF.
   vitaille, F. victuaille, pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia,
   pl. of. victualis belonging to living or nourishment, fr.
   victus nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live; akin to
   vivus living. See {Vivid}.]
   Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for
   the table; that which supports human life; provisions;
   sustenance; meat; viands.
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         Then had we plenty of victuals.          --Jer. xliv.
                                                  17.
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "victuals":
      board, bread, bread and butter, cheer, chow, comestibles,
      creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, eatables, eats, edibles,
      fare, fast food, feast, feed, food, food and drink, foodstuff,
      grub, health food, ingesta, junk food, kitchen stuff, meat,
      provender, provision, provisions, spread, sustenance, table,
      tucker, viands, vittles