sustenance

  • 21sustenance — sb. RG. 378 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 22sustenance — sus·te·nance || sÊŒstÉ™nÉ™ns n. act of sustaining or being sustained; nourishment, food; livelihood, maintenance, support, upkeep …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 23sustenance — noun 1》 food and drink regarded as sustaining life. 2》 the sustaining of someone or something in life or existence. Origin ME: from OFr. soustenance, from soustenir (see sustain) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 24sustenance — n. 1. Subsistence, support, maintenance. 2. Food, victuals, provisions, bread, supplies. 3. Food, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, pabulum …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 25sustenance — n 1. nourishment, food, nutriment, nurture, nutrition, pabulum, subsistei ce; aliment, viands, meat, bread or daily bread; groceries, foodstuffs, solids, edibles, Inf. grub, Sl. eats, Sl. chow, Chiefly Brit. Sl. scoff; snack, between meal snack,… …

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  • 26sustenance — sus·te·nance …

    English syllables

  • 27sustenance — UK [ˈsʌstənəns] / US noun [uncountable] formal 1) food and drink 2) a way of supporting yourself, for example by earning money …

    English dictionary

  • 28sustenance — [ˈsʌstənəns] noun [U] formal food and drink …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29sustenance — sus•te•nance [[t]ˈsʌs tə nəns[/t]] n. 1) means of sustaining life; nourishment 2) means of livelihood 3) the process of sustaining 4) the state of being sustained • Etymology: 1250–1300; < AF; OF sostenance. See sustain, ance …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30sustenance — /ˈsʌstənəns / (say sustuhnuhns) noun 1. means of sustaining life; nourishment. 2. means of livelihood. 3. the process of sustaining. 4. the state of being sustained. 5. (during the Depression) an unemployment benefit provided by state governments …