D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Famine

/făm'-ən/ · Fam·ine · IPA /ˈfæmɪn/
01 n. General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
  1. 1.
    General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
    “There was a famine in the land.” — Gen. xxvi. 1.
Phrases & compounds
Famine fever — typhus fever.