Associations to the word «Sustainment»

Wiktionary

SUSTAINMENT, noun. The act of sustaining something

Dictionary definition

SUSTAINMENT, noun. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.