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K ration
noun
- an emergency field ration formerly used for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations were not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
K ration
noun
- a small package containing emergency rations used by US and Allied forces in the field in World War II
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Word History and Origins
Origin of K ration1
First recorded in 1940–45; K for Ancel Keys (1904–2004), American physiologist
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Word History and Origins
Origin of K ration1
C20: K , from the initial of the surname of Ancel Keys (1904–2004), US physiologist who instigated it
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Example Sentences
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
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