victuals

Main Entry:
foodstuff [food-stuhf]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: food
Synonyms: aliment, comestible, comestibles, eatables, edible, edibles, fare, fodder, groceries, grub, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, provision, provisions, rations, staple, sustenance, viand, viands, victual, victuals
Related Words
Main Entry: nourishment
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
adipsous, alible, alimentary, alimonious, amophagous, amphivorous, androphagous, anthophilous, anthropophagous, apivorous, arachnivorous, baccivorous, batrachivorous, bibulous, biophagous, cannibalistic, carnivorous, cepivorous, coenaculous, comestible, coprophagous, creophagous, dietetic, dipsetic, eatable, edacious, edible, entomophagous, equivorous, esculent, euryphagous, eutrophic, foisoned, frugivorous, fucivorous, galactophagous, geophagous, graminivorous, granivorous, hematophagous, herbivorous, hippophagous, hylophagous, ichthyophagous, ichthyophagus, insectivorous, lactivorous, lacto, limivorous, lithophagus, lotophagous, mellivorous, merdivorous, monophagous, myrmecophagous, necrophagous, nucivorous, nutritious, nutritive, oligophagous, omnivorous, oophagous, ophiophagous, oryzivorous, ossivorous, ovivorous, panivorous, phthirophagous, phyllophagous, phyticorous, phytivorous, phytophagous, piscivorous, pleophagous, poculent, poltophagic, polyphagous, porcipophagic, potable, potulent, predaceous, ranivorous, sanguinivorous, saprophagous, sarcophagic, scatophagous, scolecophagous, seminivorous, subruminative, trophic, vegan, vegetarian, xerophagous, xylophagous
Main Entry: support
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
brooking, buttressing, cantilevered, exposed, fulcible, fundamental, offering secours, supported, supporting
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Support.
Category: 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
Synonyms:
-nouns
support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui, , purchase footing, hold, locus standi; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor (basement)., supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings., staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle; bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick., post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone., frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, cornerstone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion; crown post, king post; vertebra., columella, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay., trunnion, pivot, rowlock; peg (pendency); tiebeam (fastening); thole pin., board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy., seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel., bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion., footstool, hassock; tabouret; tripod., Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules.
-verbs
be supported; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle., support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage., give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed., maintain, keep on foot; aid.
-adjectives
supporting, supported; fundamental; dorsigerous.
-adverbs
astride on, straddle.
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Eating] Food.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:
-nouns
eating; deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination; hippophagy, ichthyophagy; gluttony., mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, chops., drinking; potation, draught, libation; carousal (amusement); drunkenness., food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation; nuture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese., comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia; cereals; viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living., beef, biscuit, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled; remove, entree, entremet, hors d'oeuvre; releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat; pie, pasty, volauvent; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets; kickshaws; condiment., alligator pear, apple, apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut., table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree., meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; brunch; dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout; light refreshment; bara, chotahazri; bara khana., mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet., drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill; nip, sip, sup, gulp., wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, maté, mint julep [U.S.]., eating house.
-verbs
eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble., live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse (make merry); eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet., break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup., drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill, tipple (be drunken); empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle., purvey.
-adjectives
eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary; cereal, cibarious; dietetic; culinary; nutritive, nutritious; gastric; succulent; potable, potulent; bibulous., omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous; ichthyivorous; omophagic, omophagous; pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous
-phrases
"across the walnuts and the wine" [Tennyson]; "blessed hour of our dinners!" [O. Meredith]; "now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!"
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Store.
Category: 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience
Synonyms:
-nouns
stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow., stock in trade, supply; heap (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche., crop, harvest, mow, vintage., store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay (provision)., storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie., reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer., budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer (receptacle)., conservation; storing; storage.
-verbs
store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save., reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources., deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect; lay in store.
-adjectives
keep, file [papers]; lay in (provide) [more]; preserve., stored ; in store, in reserve, in ordinary; spare, supernumerary.
-phrases
adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.
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