K ration


noun

an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
Compare C ration.

Origin of K ration

1940–45; K for Ancel Keys (born 1904), American physiologist

British Dictionary definitions for k ration

K ration

noun

a small package containing emergency rations used by US and Allied forces in the field in World War II

Word Origin for K ration

C20: K, from the initial of the surname of Ancel Keys (1904–2004), US physiologist who instigated it