Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/June 7

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for June 7
victual n
  1. (archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.
  2. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) Food supplies; provisions.
  3. (specifically, obsolete)
    1. Edible plants.
    2. (Scotland) Grain of any kind.

victual v (archaic)

  1. (transitive, reflexive, chiefly military, nautical) To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly military, nautical) To lay in or procure food supplies.
  3. (intransitive) To eat.

Today is World Food Safety Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to raise awareness about and promote global food safety.

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