Definitions for sustenance

sustenance sus·te·nance

Spelling: [suhs-tuh-nuh ns]
IPA: /ˈsʌs tə nəns/

Sustenance is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 435 anagrams from letters in sustenance (aceennsstu).

Definitions for sustenance

noun

  1. means of sustaining life; nourishment.
  2. means of livelihood.
  3. the process of sustaining.
  4. the state of being sustained.

Origin of sustenance

1250-1300; Middle English sustena(u)nce Anglo-French; Old French sostenance. See sustain, -ance

Examples for sustenance

During particularly harsh beginnings upon landing in the New World, desperate colonists resorted to human flesh for sustenance.

I respond to you, 'Captain, I cannot refuse, for I am dying for lack of sustenance.

The formula used to determine “absolute poverty” is defined as an income that allows for a basic level of sustenance.

What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?

He was paying for his own sustenance, and with the first money he had ever earned.

We found a farmer just up, and made him give us sustenance for ourselves and our horses.

I still had a family that looked to me for their sustenance.

sustenance programs for the poor are being raided to pay for public union jobs.

I could not tell what sort of sustenance she would look for from my sagacity.

How can I turn to another for the sustenance which you alone can give?

Word Value for sustenance
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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