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n. pl.Noun (plural)An allocation of e.g. food (when it is scarce)
Food rations were running low during the siege
v.t.Transitive VerbTo restrict the amount someone can eat, use etc.
The government rations each citizen's daily food to the very basics during wartime
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Damascus, Powell, immigration and a Mars rock
- Nearly 500 tons of U.S. emergency food rations, meant for starving populations abroad, are being destroyed, sent to landfills and incinerators.
Nearly 500 tons of U.S. emergency food rations, meant for starving populations abroad, are being destroyed, sent to landfills and incinerators.
- emergency food rations meant for starving populations abroad are being destroyed, sent to landfills and incinerators.
emergency food rations meant for starving populations abroad are being destroyed, sent to landfills and incinerators.
Why Americans Are Obsessed With Peanut Butter
- But peanut butter's ubiquitous presence in society was solidified during the Great Depression, when its use as a cheap sandwich filling as an alternative to meat became widespread, and World War II, when it was included as part of soldiers' food rations.
But peanut butter's ubiquitous presence in society was solidified during the Great Depression, when its use as a cheap sandwich filling as an alternative to meat became widespread, and World War II, when it was included as part of soldiers' food rations.
- All the American soldiers who had peanut butter in their rations in World War II, who hadn't previously eaten or experienced it, you know, became fond of it and came home and started eating it and sharing it with your families.
All the American soldiers who had peanut butter in their rations in World War II, who hadn't previously eaten or experienced it, you know, became fond of it and came home and started eating it and sharing it with your families.
Forever Alone
- I've got some canned meat for you, like army rations or something.
I've got some canned meat for you, like army rations or something.
- Like army rations or something.
Like army rations or something.
The Russian Sleep Experiment
- cots to sleep on, but no bedding, along with enough dried food rations to last all five
cots to sleep on, but no bedding, along with enough dried food rations to last all five
- and there were also cots to sleep on but no bedding, along with enough dried food rations to last all 5 subjects for over a month.
and there were also cots to sleep on but no bedding, along with enough dried food rations to last all 5 subjects for over a month.
Behind the scenes of An Adventure in Space and Time - Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - BBC
- Punishment rations all round.
Punishment rations all round.
- - Punishment rations all round! - I only asked.
- Punishment rations all round! - I only asked.
Homemade Indian Tacos and Indian Frybread Recipe
- made this to eat with the government rations that they had that was like flour and lard
made this to eat with the government rations that they had that was like flour and lard
- then they made this to eat with the government rations that they had that was like flour and lard and, um, powdered milk.
then they made this to eat with the government rations that they had that was like flour and lard and, um, powdered milk.
Smurfs: The Lost Village Official Trailer 1 (2017) - Animated Movie
- Whatever you do, don't eat all your rations.
Whatever you do, don't eat all your rations.
- I just ate all my rations!
I just ate all my rations!
Living with the Oldest Culture on Earth (Indigenous Australians)
- The work that they did was only paid in rations, and that was flour, sugar, tea.
The work that they did was only paid in rations, and that was flour, sugar, tea.
- The work that they did was only paid in rations, and that was flour, sugar, tea.
The work that they did was only paid in rations, and that was flour, sugar, tea.
The Colosseum: Rome’s Mind Control Machine
- You'll even clean out the toilets for a couple coins because you're not getting your grain rations till next week.
You'll even clean out the toilets for a couple coins because you're not getting your grain rations till next week.
- You'll even clean out the toilets for a couple coins because you're not getting your green rations till next week.
You'll even clean out the toilets for a couple coins because you're not getting your green rations till next week.
The 22-Year Old Chef Running a 2-Michelin-Star Restaurant | On The Line | Bon Appétit
- It was a way that they used to sort of stretch their coffee rations, if you will, back in the day.
It was a way that they used to sort of stretch their coffee rations, if you will, back in the day.
- It was a way that they used to sort of stretch their coffee rations, if you will, back in the day.
It was a way that they used to sort of stretch their coffee rations, if you will, back in the day.