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• n  any substance that can be used as food
• v  supply with food
  The population was victualed during the war
• v  lay in provisions
  The vessel victualled before the long voyage
• v  take in nourishment

• Preachments against war have come to savor strongly of zwieback, a victual which most people can take or leave at will.
• In today's flow economy, mobility has become the vital victual, so to speak.
• In 1592, Hideyoshi, founder of the navy, used his ships to land troops in Korea, to victual their beachheads.

• comestible
• edible
• eatable
• pabulum
• victuals

News & Articles

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• Late-Night Highlight: Fallon Passes the ‘Late Night Pickle’ to Seth Meyers
  Tuesday night, Jimmy Fallon had a special guest on his show: the man who will be succeeding him in three weeks. Fallon ceremoniously passed the hosting torch to Seth Meyers, but in true Late Night comedic fashion, there was no opulent, golden flame handed over — it was a giant green pickle. Meyers is the fourth Late Night host to be bequeathed the vinegary victual. It all started as a prop in ...
  Jan. 29, 2014 - Time Magazine