rations
Wartime food allowances
Rations are fixed portions of food or supplies distributed to people, especially soldiers, prisoners, or those affected by scarcity.
During wartime, governments ration essentials like meat, sugar, and fuel.
The verb means to distribute in controlled amounts or restrict consumption: We had to ration our water.
Emergency rations are compact provisions for survival situations.
Food that sustains life
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- nutritionBodily use of food
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- sustenanceMeans of living
energy · nutrients · carbohydrates · proteins · meager · scant · sparse · frugal
Fixed assigned amount
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- sharePortion given out
- portionDivided share given
distribution · allowance · measure · parceling · dispensation · stint · limit · restriction
Easing of distress
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- aidSupport given freely
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
crisis · evacuation · shelter · camp · famine · shortage · scarcity · deprivation
Resources for a task
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- storesRetail establishments or reserves
- reserveSupply kept back
- cacheConcealed storage spot
inventory · essentials · commodities · necessities · kit · equipment · fuel · water
Combat ration abbreviation
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
deployment · barracks · infantry · platoon · logistics · garrison · bivouac · frontline
Sealed for preservation
- driedStripped of moisture
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- hardtackImperishable unleavened wafer
- jerkyCured meat snack
biscuit · crackers · dehydrated · freeze-dried · shelf-stable · non-perishable · tinned · salted
nourishment
Food that sustains life
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- nutritionBodily use of food
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
sustenance · energy · nutrients · carbohydrates · proteins · meager · scant · sparse · frugal · austere
quota
Fixed assigned amount
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- sharePortion given out
portion · distribution · allowance · measure · parceling · dispensation · stint · limit · restriction · entitlement
relief
Easing of distress
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- aidSupport given freely
- disasterSudden ruinous event
refugee · crisis · evacuation · shelter · camp · famine · shortage · scarcity · deprivation · airlift
supplies
Resources for a task
cache · inventory · essentials · commodities · necessities · kit · equipment · fuel · water · provisions
MRE
Combat ration abbreviation
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
soldiers · deployment · barracks · infantry · platoon · logistics · garrison · bivouac · frontline · hardtack
canned
Sealed for preservation
jerky · biscuit · crackers · dehydrated · freeze-dried · shelf-stable · non-perishable · tinned · salted · smoked
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, provisions, stockpile
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, submarines, hull
- WWI militarytrenches, ANZAC, trench warfare, Tommies, Western Front
- expedition campsbase camp, high camp, bivouac, tents, tent
- ration booksWartime supply allocation documents
- ration stampsControlled-purchase authorization slips
- military rationPortable soldier food
- food rationingControlled distribution of provisions
- emergency rationsFood for crises
- ration cardsPermits for limited goods