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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/ miːl /
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
informal, to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
meal
2/ miːl /
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 Word Forms
- mealless adjective
- meal-less adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of meal1
Word History and Origins
Origin of meal1
Origin of meal2
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
“The situation is becoming so dire that some people are making decisions to skip meals because they’re having challenges covering costs they’ve had to incur as the result of the fires,” Santana said.
Mr Mackenzie said the "coffee offer now is credible" across Greene King's venues as the industry as a whole adapts to an environment where customers come in to have just a coffee or a meal.
The grocer is popular among shoppers for low prices, creative snacks and frozen meals all under its own brand.
And it will be restricting those who order room service to two meals per person — as opposed to the previous no-limit policy.
When consumers try to stretch their dollars, they make their own meals and rely more on those types of food.
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