belly-timber

9.9

Food that people eat to fill their stomachs during work or travel

noun

Archaic

: comida sustanciosa

After hours of work, the men sat down for a meal of hearty belly-timber.

Examples

He packed enough belly-timber to last them through the long journey.
The old sailor asked for some belly-timber before heading out to sea.
I need some belly-timber!
Let's grab some belly-timber!
After a long day of hiking, the hikers enjoyed a delicious spread of belly-timber by the campfire.
Before setting out on their adventure, they filled their backpacks with enough belly-timber for the entire trip.
The children eagerly gathered around the table for their favorite belly-timber after school.

Synonyms

bellyful

vsbelly-timber

1 4.4

A large amount of food that fills the stomach or is more than enough

is about food generally rather than a filling or overflowing amount

hearty tucker

vsbelly-timber

8.9

A large warm meal that fills you up

is a general term for hearty food or snacks

bellyload of

vsbelly-timber

Informal

9.7

A very large amount of food that fills your stomach

is a general term for hearty food not necessarily an extremely large amount

Antonyms

starvation

83 4.7

A very strong hunger that happens when someone has no food for a long time

How Filling

feast

162 1.9

belly-timber

Archaic

9.9

meal

∞ 1.0

light diet

3.2

snack

471 1.0

Surface Forms

belly-timber singular

belly-timbers plural

Morphology

belly-timber = belly + timber (semi-transparent) = belly + timber

Both components are recognizable words, but 'timber' is used non-literally to mean food/provisions, a usage learners may not predict from the literal meaning 'wood'.

Etymology

Belly-timber combines belly and timber. A helpful way to remember it is to think of timber as 'building material' for the body, so belly-timber is food that 'builds' or 'fills' your belly, which is why it means hearty food or provisions.