Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

famine food

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: famine -food
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

famine foods (plural)

Questions

What does famine food mean?: Any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of extreme poverty or starvation.

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