Victual (Noun)
Meaning
Any substance that can be used as food.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The campers were forced to ration their victual carefully in order to make it last the entire week.
- During the war, the government strictly controlled the distribution of victual to the cities.
- The settlers' store of victual was running low, and they were in danger of starving.
- The island's limited victual resources made it difficult for the stranded sailors to survive.
- The aid organization sent a shipment of victual to the famine-stricken region.