victual

victual is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Food; -- now used chiefly in the plural. See Victuals.
2. noun. Grain of any kind.
3. transitive verb. To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship.
4. noun. any substance that can be used as food

   Synonyms: comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victuals

5. verb. take in nourishment
6. verb. lay in provisions

   "The vessel victualled before the long voyage"

7. verb. supply with food

   "The population was victualed during the war"

Synonyms

comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victuals

Common word forms

victuals, victualed, victualer, victualing, victualless

Words from these letters

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