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meal

1

[meel]

noun

  1. the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.

  2. one of these regular occasions or times for eating food.



meal

2

[meel]

noun

  1. a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain.

    wheat meal;

    cornmeal.

  2. any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this.

-meal

3
  1. a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time.

    piecemeal.

meal

1

/ ː /

noun

    1. any of the regular occasions, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc, when food is served and eaten

    2. ( in combination )

      mealtime

  1. the food served and eaten

  2. informalto perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

meal

2

/ ː /

noun

  1. the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food

  2. oatmeal

  3. maize flour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • mealless adjective
  • ˈ𲹱- adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meal1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English ǣ “measure, fixed time, occasion”; cognate with German Mal “t,” Mahl “meal,” Old Norse , Gothic ŧ “time, hour”

Origin of meal2

First recorded before 900; Middle English mele, Old English melu; cognate with German Mehl, Dutch meel, Old Norse ǫ, Gothic malan; akin to Latin molere “to grind” ( mill 1 )

Origin of meal3

Middle English -mele, Old English -ǣum, combining form representing ǣ meal 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of meal1

Old English ǣ measure, set time, meal; related to Old High German mealtime

Origin of meal2

Old English melu; compare Dutch meel, Old High German melo, Old Norse ö
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with meal; also see square meal.
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Example Sentences

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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.

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Backpacks and half-eaten meals lay abandoned on tables where students had fled.

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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.

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Ms Mami says the refugees used to "eat well" - three meals a day.

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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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