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Noun: victual  vi-t(u)l
  1. Any substance that can be used as food
    "The pantry was stocked with various victuals for the winter";
    - comestible, edible, eatable, pabulum [rare], vittle [archaic]
Verb: victual (victualled,victualling, or [US] victualed,victualing)  vi-t(u)l
  1. Supply with food
    "The population was victualled during the war";
    - vittle [archaic]
     
  2. Lay in provisions
    "They victualled the ship for a long voyage";
    - vittle [archaic]
     
  3. Take in nourishment
    "The crew victuald before the long voyage";
    - vittle [archaic]

Derived forms: victuals, victualed, victualling, victualing, victualled

Type of: eat, food, furnish, hive away, lay in, nutrient, offer, provide, put in, render, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, supply

Encyclopedia: Victual