famine food
famine food · famine foods
Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme…Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.
» Cereals were originally a famine food and that's why they make you fat and sick.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.
Examples
2 sentencesCereals were originally a famine food and that's why they make you fat and sick.
IR8 was the world’s first highly productive rice. It is credited with having prevented famines and providing food for millions of people.
Forms
plural: famine foods| Singular | famine food |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable