C ration

noun

1. any of various canned or prepackaged foods formerly used as field rations in the U.S. armed forces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of C ration¹

First recorded in 1935–50; so named in contrast to the A ration (fresh food) or B ration (packaged unprepared food)

Example Sentences

In the morning, they’d bury their C ration cans and other garbage, and head out for another day of working their way through the jungle.

From Literature

“But what if we get down to the last bullet, the last C ration, the last chance, what is going to happen?”

From Literature

Each C- ration package was supposed to be a three-meal-a-day food source.

From Literature

It was one of our C ration cans rigged to a limb that you would have to push out of your way if you were over six feet tall.

From Literature

Five hundred tons of C ration were rushed to Fairbanks, and tons of medical supplies for burns and possible illness were readied, but no patient appeared.

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