Back
English Dictionary
Learn English
Learn grammar
List of words
Study your cards
Hang On, Man!
Audio Books
More apps
SPONSORED LINKS
Recent searches
xxxvi
reconnoitring
sum
SPONSORED LINKS
SPONSORED LINKS
imperishable
cell
unleavened
longfellow
staccato
hindsight
unstinting
Hide translation
famine
famine
/ˈfæmən/
noun
A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
(
famine
)
a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
An acute insufficiency
(
dearth
,
famine
,
shortage
)
an acute insufficiency
Back
Next
Language