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ration book

ration book noun: a book or other document that allows a person to purchase particular foods during a time of food shortages.

Noun

ration book (plural ration books)

  1. (historical) A book or other document that allows a person to purchase particular foods during a time of food shortages.

Forms of ration book

pluralration books

Questions about ration book

What does ration book mean?
Ration book means a book or other document that allows a person to purchase particular foods during a time of food shortages.
What part of speech is ration book?
Ration book is a noun.
What is the plural of ration book?
The plural of ration book is ration books.

Words near ration book in the dictionary

  1. ratiometrically
  2. ratiometrics
  3. ratiometry
  4. ratiomorphic
  5. ration
  6. ration book
  7. ration books
  8. ration card
  9. ration cards
  10. ration coupon
  11. ration coupons

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