"MRE" meaning in English

See MRE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} MRE
  1. Initialism of Michigan Rules of Evidence. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Michigan Rules of Evidence Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-MRE-en-name-XXlz4jep Disambiguation of Foods: 55 45

Noun

Forms: MREs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MRE (plural MREs)
  1. (US military) Initialism of Meal, Ready-to-Eat: an individual field ration used by the US military Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Meal (extra: an individual field ration used by the US military), Ready-to-Eat (extra: an individual field ration used by the US military) Categories (topical): Military, Foods, Military Translations (Meal, Ready-to-Eat): kuivtoidupakk (Estonian), Notration [feminine] (German), Einmannpackung [feminine] (German), сухпай (suxpaj) (Russian), сухпаёк (suxpajók) (Russian), сухой паёк (suxoj pajók) (Russian), индивидуальный рацион питания (individualʹnyj racion pitanija) (Russian), ИРП (IRP) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-MRE-en-noun-2nwp~T7i Disambiguation of Foods: 55 45 Disambiguation of Military: 2 98 Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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