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English
Noun
victuals
(
archaic
,
plurale tantum
)
Food
supply|supplies
;
provisions
.
Translations
French:
victuaille
,
victuailles
fp
Verb
victuals
Third-person singular simple present of
victual
.
Related terms
victualer
or
victualler
Category:Food and drink
io:victuals
it:victuals
te:victuals
vi:victuals
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
[1913 Webster]
Then had we plenty of victuals. --Jer. xliv.
17.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet
victuals
n 1: a stock or supply of foods [syn:
commissariat
,
provisions
,
provender
,
viands
]
2: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn:
nutriment
,
nourishment
,
nutrition
,
sustenance
,
aliment
,
alimentation
]
3: any substance that can be used as food [syn:
comestible
,
edible
,
eatable
,
pabulum
,
victual
]
Moby Dictionary
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
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