emergency ration

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• emergency ration — food set aside in case of an emergency …   English contemporary dictionary

• Ration alimentaire de l'armée américaine — Une ration alimentaire durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. La ration alimentaire de l armée américaine est la ration alimentaire fournie aux soldats des forces armées des États Unis. Comme toutes les rations alimentaires militaires, elle est… …   Wikipédia en Français

• ration — ra|tion1 [ˈræʃən US ˈræ , ˈreı ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Latin ratio; RATIO] 1.) [U and C] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a war food/clothes/meat etc ration ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ration — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ daily, monthly ▪ full ▪ double, extra ▪ Pregnant women received a double ration of milk …   Collocations dictionary

• ration — [[t]ræ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] rations, rationing, rationed 1) N COUNT When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have. The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week... They have begun to issue… …   English dictionary

• ration — I UK [ˈræʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms ration : singular ration plural rations 1) [countable] a limited amount of something, especially food, that you are allowed to have, for example when there is not much available or when someone else is… …   English dictionary

• ration — ra|tion1 [ ræʃn ] noun 1. ) count a limited amount of something, especially food, that you are allowed to have, for example when there is not much available or when someone else is controlling it: They cut his daily ration of bread and water. 2.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• United States military ration — refers to the food given to feed its armed forces. TOC History18th and 19th centuriesFrom the Revolutionary War to the Spanish American War, the United States army ration, as decreed by the Continental Congress, was the garrison ration which… …   Wikipedia

• K-ration — The K ration was an individual daily combat food ration which was introduced by the United States Army during World War II. It was originally intended as an individually packaged daily ration for issue to airborne troops, tank corps, motorcycle… …   Wikipedia

• iron ration — noun : an emergency ration * * * iron ration noun A ration of concentrated food, esp for an extreme emergency • • • Main Entry: ↑iron * * * iron ration, a ration issued to soldiers in the field; D ration …   Useful english dictionary

• iron ration — noun Date: 1876 an emergency ration …   New Collegiate Dictionary