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Victual vs Alimental - What's the difference?

victual | alimental |

As a noun victual

is food fit for human consumption.

As a verb victual

is to provide with food; to provision.

As an adjective alimental is

supplying food; nourishing.

victual

English

Alternative forms

* victuall (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Food fit for human consumption.
  • * Knolles
    • He was not able to keep that place three days for lack of victual .
  • * Tennyson
    • There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand / Bare victual for the movers.
  • (Scotland) grain of any kind

    • Verb

  • To provide with food; to provision.
  • To lay in food supplies.
  • To eat.

    • Related terms

    * victualer or victualler

    alimental

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Supplying food; nourishing.
    • alimental sap
    (Webster 1913)