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victual

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. victual (verb)
  2. victualing bill (noun)

2victual

verb
victualed or victualledvictual·ing or victual·ling

Definition of VICTUAL

transitive verb
: to supply with food
intransitive verb
1
: eat
2
: to lay in provisions

Examples of VICTUAL

  1. <the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown>
  2. <that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison>

First Known Use of VICTUAL

1558

Related to VICTUAL

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with VICTUAL

brittle, kittle, little, whittle

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