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Victual Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Victual has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

any substance that can be used as food

2

Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.

Verb
1

supply with food

"The population was victualed during the war"

2

lay in provisions

"The vessel victualled before the long voyage"

3

take in nourishment

4

To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.

See Also
grain bewist eat victualed food victualer victualing provision
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
food supply store eat
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tuck
Rhyming Words
qual dual equal joual usual manual casual sexual vidual ritual nahual annual arcual nagual genual mutual ungual actual bidual visual
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