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meal
1[meel]
noun
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
one of these regular occasions or times for eating food.
meal
2[meel]
noun
a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain.
wheat meal;
cornmeal.
any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this.
-meal
3a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time.
piecemeal.
meal
1/ ː /
noun
any of the regular occasions, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc, when food is served and eaten
( in combination )
mealtime
the food served and eaten
informalto perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
meal
2/ ː /
noun
the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food
oatmeal
maize flour
Other 51Թ Forms
- mealless adjective
- ˈ- adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of meal1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of meal1
Origin of meal2
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
In 2021, data from Granville County indicated that 21 percent of children under the age of 18 experienced food insecurity while the percentage of students who received free and reduced school meals remained unchanged.
Backpacks and half-eaten meals lay abandoned on tables where students had fled.
But in a declaration in the ethics case, Englander wrote that neither he nor Lee reimbursed Wang “for any of the gifts we received at the Aria,” including the room, meals and drinks.
Ms Mami says the refugees used to "eat well" - three meals a day.
The rookies have bonded on the field during organized team activities, and off the field on excursions for meals, movies and places such as an escape room.
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