RATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the rations should be nutritionally balanced
   Hypernyms(s) ration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fare (what does fare mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • field ration (what does field ration mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
   • ration out (what does ration out mean?)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
   Hypernyms(s) ration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • share (what does share mean?)
   • portion (what does portion mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • percentage (what does percentage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
   • ration out (what does ration out mean?)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)

RATION as VERB

1. Meaning
   • distribute in rations, as in the army
   Synonym(s)
   • ration out (what does ration out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Cigarettes are rationed
   Hypernyms(s) ration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • allocate (what does allocate mean?)
   • apportion (what does apportion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
2. Meaning
   • restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
   Usage Example(s)
   • Bread was rationed during the siege of the city
   Hypernyms(s) ration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • limit (what does limit mean?)
   • circumscribe (what does circumscribe mean?)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
   • ration (what does ration mean?)
   • rationing (what does rationing mean?)