Definitions for famine

famine fam·ine

Spelling: [fam-in]
IPA: /ˈfæm ɪn/

Famine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in famine (aefimn).

Definitions for famine

noun

  1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
  2. any extreme and general scarcity.
  3. extreme hunger; starvation.

Origin of famine

1325-75; Middle English Middle French, derivative of faim hunger (Latin famēs); see -ine2

Examples for famine

This famine was not a long one, but it was severe while it lasted.

This is the usual result of feast after famine, and was to be expected.

She recalls that during the famine her father illegally sold gold and silver.

famine and frigid temperatures ensued, and roughly 10 percent of the population died.

famine will stalk the land and as many as seven million people will confront extreme food insecurity—in short, starvation.

At other times, North Korea might want aid economic and food concessions, especially during periods of hardship and famine.

I could have pronounced him, alone, to be a young man aged by famine and sickness.

“These people were coming here from tragic situations of war and famine in search of a better life,” he told The Daily Beast.

That morning a rumor had reached the village of a famine in the island of Crete.

That was in case of an enemy or a famine when the people might be tempted to eat it.

Word Value for famine
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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