sustenance meaning

Noun: sustenance  sústununs

1. A source of materials to nourish the body
   - nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, aliment, alimentation, victuals 
2. The financial means whereby one lives
   - support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter 
3. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
   "they were in want of sustenance"
   - sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep

Derived forms: sustenances

See also: sustain

Type of: food, nutrient, resource, support

Encyclopedia: Sustenance

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1. he has gone for a week without sustenance.
2. there isn't much sustenance in a cucumber.
3. how shall we get sustenance?
4. how shall we get sustenance?
5. there is no sustenance in it.