rations

/ ˈræʃənz /

plural noun

1. (sometimes singular) a fixed daily allowance of food, esp to military personnel or when supplies are limited See also iron rations

Example Sentences

Nearly 800 million Indians, he notes, now rely on free rations.

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He said he was kept blindfolded for three weeks, had stones pushed into his ears to limit his hearing, and had his rations of food and water reduced.

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In his testimony, Mohammed said meals in the prison are “extremely insufficient,” going on to describe meager rations with “tiny pieces of bread” and “undercooked, dry rice.”

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He also packed six braised eggs, a favorite snack that he calls his “trail rations.”

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In Sudan, Yousuf said smugglers left his group for a month in the desert enduring searing hot days and bitter cold nights surviving on meagre rations of rice and contaminated water.

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Related Words

• grub