famine food

noun

Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.

Meanings

nounfamine food (countable and uncountable, plural famine foods)

plural famine foods

  1. countableuncountablenutritionAny inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.
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