meal
1the 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.
Origin of meal
1Other words from meal
- mealless, adjective
Other definitions for meal (2 of 3)
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.
Origin of meal
2Other words from meal
- mealless, adjective
Other definitions for -meal (3 of 3)
a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time: piecemeal.
Origin of -meal
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British Dictionary definitions for meal (1 of 2)
/ (miːl) /
any of the regular occasions, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc, when food is served and eaten
(in combination): mealtime Related adjective: prandial
the food served and eaten
make a meal of informal to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
Origin of meal
1British Dictionary definitions for meal (2 of 2)
/ (miːl) /
the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food
Scot oatmeal
mainly US maize flour
Origin of meal
2Derived forms of meal
- meal-less, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with meal
In addition to the idiom beginning with meal
- meal ticket
; also see
- square meal
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