M.R.E.

American  

abbreviation

1. Master of Religious Education.

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MRE British  

abbreviation

1. meal ready to eat, a US military precooked ration pack

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Example Sentences

Sitting with his wife, Nasrine, in their small, bare apartment in Houston in December as dusk fell, with his six children running around, he opened the knapsack and at the bottom found an unopened M.R.E.

From New York Times

Art, in “Station Eleven,” is the human soul conserved in M.R.E. form for future consumption.

From New York Times

Early 2020 was a boom time for M.R.E. distributors across the country, from the major military suppliers to Army surplus stores.

From New York Times

Many M.R.E. sellers are hoping to capitalize on this spike in awareness to get civilians to think of the rations beyond the military context, and associate them with camping, hiking or emergency situations.

From New York Times

Blair Calder, the owner of Meal Kit Supply in Buffalo, buys M.R.E. components and repackages them in his own retort pouches — a common means of working around the commercial-resale ban.

From New York Times