Dietary
['daɪət(ə)rɪ] or ['daɪə,tɛri]
Definition
(noun.) a regulated daily food allowance.
(adj.) of or relating to the diet; 'dietary restrictions' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.
(n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.
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Examples
- On a meat dietary men can live without salt, but grain-consuming people need it just as herbivorous animals need it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Differences in dietary soon attracted the attention of the envoys. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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