MRE en · NOUN
Meanings
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(US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang) Initialism of Meal, Ready-to-Eat: an individual field ration used by the US military.
alt of Mealalt of Ready-to-Eat
After first trying an M.R.E. at age 8 — his father bought him one from an Army supply store in Lakewood, Fla., where Mr. Thomas still lives — he became obsessed with tracking down rations from various countries and eras. […] Still, M.R.E.s are far from mainstream.
2021 June 8, Priya Krishna, “Unloved by Generations of Soldiers, the M.R.E. Finds a Fan Base”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2021:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of minimal reproducible example.
alt of minimal reproducible example
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MREs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Translations (9)
et kuivtoidupakk (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · ru индивидуальный рацион питания (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · id ransum tentara (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · ru сухпай (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · ru сухпаёк (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · ru сухой паёк (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · de Einmannpackung (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · de Notration (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) · ru ИРП (Meal, Ready-to-Eat)