Viands

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of viand form-of, plural
  2. 2
    provisions, victuals plural, plural-only

    "FRANCISCO. They vanish'd strangely. SEBASTIAN. No matter, since They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs.— Will't please you taste of what is here?"

  3. 3
    a stock or supply of foods wordnet

Synonyms

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belly-timberboardbreadbread and buttercheercomestible

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"Nor less kind welcome doth the rest await. / The monarch, mindful of his sire of old, / receives the Teucrians in his courts of state. / They in the hall, the viands piled on gold, / pledging the God of wine, their brimming cups uphold."

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