famine
IPA: fˈæmʌn
noun
- (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
- (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
- (dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
- Severe shortage or lack of something.
- (mythology) The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
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