K Ration Definition

noun
A compactly packaged meal for emergency use in the field by military personnel in World War II.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of K Ration

Noun

Singular:
K ration
Plural:
k-rations

Origin of K Ration

  • After Ancel Benjamin Keys (1904–2004), American physiologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition