Definition of Meal in English :

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Meal meaning in English

Meaning of Meal in English

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Meal

see synonyms of meal

Noun

1. meal, repast

the food served and eaten at one time

2. meal

any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

3. meal

coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Meal

see synonyms of meal
noun
1. 
a. 
any of the regular occasions, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc, when food is served and eaten
b. 
(in combination)
mealtime
▶ Related adjective: prandial
2. 
the food served and eaten
3.  make a meal of
noun
1. 
the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food
2. Scottish
oatmeal
3. mainly US
maize flour

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Meal

see synonyms of meal
noun
1. 
any of the times, esp. the customary times, for eating, as breakfast, lunch, or dinner
2. 
the food served or eaten at such a time
noun
1. 
any edible grain, or the edible part of any grain, coarsely ground and unbolted
cornmeal
2. 
any substance similarly ground or powdered

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Meal

see synonyms of meal
n.
1. The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.
2. A granular substance produced by grinding.
n.
1. The food served and eaten in one sitting.
2. A customary time or occasion of eating food.

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