Front | famine |
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Back | fam‧ine /ˈfæmən, ˈfæmɪn/ noun [uncountable and countable] a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time and many people die: the great potato famine in Ireland severe/widespread famine Widespread famine had triggered a number of violent protests. A million people are facing famine. |
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