sustenance

Sustenance is nourishment or support.

(noun)

An example of sustenance is fruit and vegetables.

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See sustenance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a sustaining or being sustained
  2. one's means of livelihood; maintenance; support
  3. that which sustains life; nourishment; food

Origin: ME < OFr soustenance < LL sustinentia, patience, endurance < L sustinere: see sustain

See sustenance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. The act of sustaining.
    b. The condition of being sustained.
  2. The supporting of life or health; maintenance: “to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance” (Jonathan Swift).
  3. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health.
  4. Means of livelihood.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from sustenir, to sustain; see sustain

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