Definitions

K ration

NOUN

small package of emergency goods

Synonyms

WEAK

emergency field ration military ration prison fare short commons short rations

Example Sentences

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Then he ate a whole tin of Cheddar cheese from a package of K rations.

From Literature

Keys already had gained fame for developing the K ration, the portable food packet carried by paratroopers and other GIs in combat during World War II.

From Washington Times

We sat in the bomb bays, eating C rations and K rations, the greatest invention of the war.

From Project Gutenberg