[meel] 
| 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. |
[meel] | 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. |
| a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time: piecemeal. |
| meal 1 (mēl) n.
[Middle English mele, from Old English melu; see melə- in Indo-European roots.] |
| meal 2 (mēl) n.
[Middle English mele, from Old English mǣl; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
meal 1 (mēl)
n.
The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
A granular substance produced by grinding.
meal 2
n.
The food served and eaten in one sitting.
A customary time or occasion of eating food.
