mealtime

[meel-tahym]

noun

1. the usual time for a meal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mealtime¹

First recorded in 1125–75, mealtime is from the Middle English word meeltyme. See meal ¹, time

Example Sentences

The house is piled high with clothes, shoes, suitcases and kitchen equipment, meaning they have to eat separately at mealtimes as there isn't enough space to sit together.

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If mealtimes with your child sometimes feel more like negotiations than nourishment, you aren't alone.

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Three months ago, he was finally given a new, longer bed, but that causes him to sit up in a position that he says led to a major choking incident one mealtime.

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The study noted that handwashing figures were especially down at the start and end of each day, including typical mealtimes.

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Detainees were being served food on paper clam-shell to-go boxes, rather than regular trays, a staffer said, because the facility lacked employees to wash up at the end of mealtimes.

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