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Definition of Sustenance
1. Noun. A source of materials to nourish the body.
Generic synonyms: Food, Nutrient
Specialized synonyms: Milk, Course, Dainty, Delicacy, Goody, Kickshaw, Treat, Dish, Fast Food, Finger Food, Ingesta, Kosher, Meal, Repast, Mess, Mince, Puree, Stodge, Wheat Germ, Vitamin
Derivative terms: Aliment, Alimentary, Aliment, Nourish, Nutritional, Nutritionary, Nutritionist, Nutritious, Sustain
2. Noun. The financial means whereby one lives. "He could no longer earn his own livelihood"
Generic synonyms: Resource
Specialized synonyms: Amenities, Comforts, Conveniences, Creature Comforts, Maintenance, Meal Ticket, Subsistence
Derivative terms: Keep, Support, Sustain
3. Noun. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence. "Fishing was their main sustainment"
Generic synonyms: Support
Derivative terms: Maintain, Sustain, Sustain, Sustentacular
Definition of Sustenance
1. n. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
Definition of Sustenance
1. Noun. Something that provides support or nourishment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sustenance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sustenance
Literary usage of Sustenance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1887)
"Translated for the Popular Science Monthly from La SOCIAL sustenance. ...
THE study of the relation of organized society to individual sustenance may, ..."
2. Principles of Political Economy by Simon Newcomb (1885)
"Time great function of the road is to produce sustenance and bring it to the
reservoir for use by the public. But time reader must guard against a ..."
3. On the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors, in Health and Disease, by William by William Benjamin Carpenter (1866)
"DEFICIENCY OF OTHER ADEQUATE sustenance. 182. The second class of cases, in which
the use of a small amount of alcoholic liquors seems beneficial, ..."
4. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"obliging all the Villages Nine hundred yards round the City, yv, to deliver in
every morning Six beeves, Forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance; ..."
5. On the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors, in Health and Disease by William Benjamin Carpenter (1855)
"DEFICIENCY OP OTHER ADEQUATE sustenance. 182. The second class of cases, in which
the use of a small amount of alcoholic liquors seems beneficial, ..."
6. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"We destroy all weeds, which, like tax- eaters, do nothing but devour the sustenance
that ought to feed the valuable plants. Our plants are all well fed; ..."
7. Theory and Practice of Estate Accounting for Accountants, Lawyers, Executors by Frederick Henry Baugh, William Christian Schmeisser (1910)
"sustenance for Family. If a party has died intestate the question often arises, "What
shall his or her immediate family live on while things are being ..."
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