prŏv'ən-dər
A Chinese breed of dog; the Chow Chow.
The act of providing food, especially to an animal:
Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
(Uncountable, figuratively) Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
A search for food or provisions
Plural form of provision
Pieces or a piece of natural or artificial strawlike material.
Means of support; necessity
Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
(Chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]
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A program or plan consisting of a special or limited selection of food and drink and designed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight; specif., such a program or plan designed to promote weight loss
Anything edible.
Something edible; a comestible.
The usual kind of diet
The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished
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The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism, especially in contrast to heredity.
Anything that promotes growth, development, or good health
Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food
Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.
Material lacking real value or substance:
Provision is defined as a supply of something or to the act of providing a supply of something.
One's means of livelihood; maintenance; support
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(Informal, Dial.) Articles of food, esp. when prepared for use
The short, fat, wormlike larva of certain insects, esp. of a beetle
The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
stoneground (related)
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breadmaking (related)
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