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dietaries

dietaries is the plural of dietary.

Meaning of dietary

Noun

dietary (plural dietaries)

  1. A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
    • [H]er lassitude was such that she hardly cared to feed herself; yet she managed to consume five or six times a normal dietary.1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 219
  2. A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
    • “Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble.1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 30

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What is dietaries the plural of?
Dietaries is the plural of dietary.

Words near dietaries in the dictionary

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  3. dietal
  4. dietarian
  5. dietarians
  6. dietaries
  7. dietarily
  8. dietary
  9. dietary fiber
  10. dietary fibre
  11. dietary fibres

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