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meal

1  [meel]
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–noun
1. the food served and eaten esp. 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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE mǣl measure, fixed time, occasion, meal; c. G Mal time, Mahl meal, ON māl, Goth mēl time, hour

Related forms:
mealless, adjective
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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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME mele, OE melu; c. G Mehl, D meel, ON mjǫl; akin to Goth malan, L molere to grind. See mill 1

Related forms:
mealless, adjective

-meal

 
a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time: piecemeal.
Origin:
ME -mele, OE -mǣlum, comb. form repr. mǣl meal 1
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meal 1   (mēl)   
n.  

  1. The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.

  2. A granular substance produced by grinding.


[Middle English mele, from Old English melu; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
meal 2   (mēl)   
n.  

  1. The food served and eaten in one sitting.

  2. A customary time or occasion of eating food.


[Middle English mele, from Old English mǣl; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

meal  (1)
"food, time for eating," O.E. mæl "fixed time, a measure, meal," from P.Gmc. *mæla- (cf. Du. maal "time, meal," O.N. mal "measure, time, meal," Ger. Mal "time," Goth. mel "time, hour"), from PIE base *me- "to measure" (see meter (2)). Probably related to O.E. mæð "measure." Original sense of "time" is preserved in piecemeal; once a more common suffix, e.g. O.E. styccemælum "bit by bit," gearmælum "year by year." Meals-on-wheels attested from 1961. Meal ticket first attested 1870 in lit. sense of "ticket of admission to a dining hall;" fig. sense of "source of income or livelihood" is from 1899.

meal  (2)
"ground grain," O.E. melu, from W.Gmc. *melwan "grind" (cf. Ger. malen "to grind," Mehl "meal"), from PIE base *mel-/*mol-/*ml- "to grind, soft" (cf. Hittite mallanzi "they grind," Arm. malem "I crush, bruise," Gk. malakos "soft," Alb. miel "meal, flour," L. molere "to grind," O.C.S. meljo, Lith. malu "to grind;" see mill (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: meal
Pronunciation: 'mE(&)l
Function: noun
: the portion of food taken at one time to satisfy appetite
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

meal 1 (mēl)
n.

  1. The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.

  2. A granular substance produced by grinding.

meal 2
n.

  1. The food served and eaten in one sitting.

  2. A customary time or occasion of eating food.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

meal

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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