victuals
IPA: vˈɪktʃuʌɫz
noun
- a stock or supply of foods
- any substance that can be used as food
- a source of materials to nourish the body
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Examples of "victuals" in Sentences
- The victuals will be the common property of all the new arrivals, whether the son of the house or strangers.
- Pronunciation of 'subtle' and 'victuals' - (when I was younger) I thought they were sub-tile and vic-tyoo-uls, instead they're suttle and vittles.
- The bursar hated Conan, ever since the time when the Cimmerian caught him taking extra servings of victuals from the mess hall - sustenance intended for warriors, not scribblers.
- This, however, I have frequently seen, although, in the inland parts, the poorer class of inhabitants are so very rarely indulged with this precious article that to say a man ate salt with his victuals is the same as saying he is a very rich man.
- "I tell you," he said, "when folks hes been a ridin 'on an empty stomach ever since breakfast, victuals is victuals; we learn how to be thankful for 'em; so I' ll take another slice o 'that' ere beef, and one or two more cold potatoes, and the vinegar, Mr. Sheril.
- Vnlesse perhaps Munster calleth the food of cattell, cattell themselues slaine for the foode of men: whom, as I thinke, the vse of the latine tongue doth gaine say, which hath taught vs that as men doe eate, so beasts do feede, and hath termed the victuals of men, and the food or fodder of cattell.
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