victuals Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a stock or supply of foods
    provender; commissariat; provisions; viands.
  2. noun a source of materials to nourish the body
    nutrition; alimentation; aliment; nutriment; nourishment; sustenance.
  3. noun any substance that can be used as food
    edible; pabulum; victual; comestible; eatable.
  4. verb supply with food
    victual.
    • The population was victualed during the war
  5. verb lay in provisions
    victual.
    • The vessel victualled before the long voyage
  6. verb take in nourishment
    victual.

WordNet

Vict"uals noun plural
Etymology
OE. vitaille, OF. vitaille, F. victuaille, pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of. victualis belonging to living or nourishment, fr. victus nourishment, from vivere, victum, to live; akin to vivus living. See Vivid.
Definitions
  1. Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
    Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17.

Webster 1913