supplies - you can use 'supplies to refer to food, equipment and other essential things that people need, especially when these are provided in large quantities, supplies - an amount supplied, especially regularly; an amount that can be drawn from and used, a stock; necessary food or equipment gathered or taken on a journey, etc., equipment - the clothes, machines, tools, instruments, etc. necessary for a particular kind of work or activity; apparatus, gear, supplies, tackle, tools, material, furnishings, baggage, outfit, paraphernalia, stuff, things, accessories, furniture