victuals

Noun
  1. A stock or supply of foods (synset 107587918)
    is a type of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    subtypes:
    • food cache - food in a secure or hidden storage place
    • larder - a supply of food especially for a household
    same as: commissariat, provender, provisions, viands
  2. A source of materials to nourish the body (synset 107586285)
    is a type of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    subtypes:
    • milk - produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
    • course - part of a meal served at one time
    • dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat - something considered choice to eat
    • dish - a particular item of prepared food
    • fast food - inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly
    • finger food - food to be eaten with the fingers
    • ingesta - solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth
    • kosher - food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
    • meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
    • mess - soft semiliquid food
    • mince - food chopped into small bits
    • puree - food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender
    • stodge - heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food
    • wheat germ - embryo of the wheat kernel; removed before milling and eaten as a source of vitamins
    • vitamin - any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism
    same as: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance
  3. Any substance that can be used as food (synset 107572202)
    is a type of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    subtypes: tuck - eatables (especially sweets)
    same as: comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual

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