Definition of Meal

1. Noun. The food served and eaten at one time.


2. Noun. Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times.
Generic synonyms: Occasion

3. Noun. Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.

Definition of Meal

1. n. A part; a fragment; a portion.

2. n. The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.

3. n. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.

4. v. t. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.

Definition of Meal

1. Noun. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc). ¹

2. Noun. The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour. ¹

3. Noun. (context: UK dialectal) A speck or spot. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To defile or taint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Meal

1. the food served and eaten in one sitting [n -S]

Medical Definition of Meal

1. 1. Grain (especially. Maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. If coarse. 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. Meal beetle, the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc, and is very injurious to flour and meal. Origin: OE. Mele, AS. Melu, melo; akin to D. Meel, G. Mehl, OHG. Melo, Icel. Mjol, SW. Mjol, Dan. Meel, also to D. Malen to grind, G. Mahlen, OHG, OS, & Goth. Malan, Icel. Mala, W. Malu, L. Molere, Gr. Mill, and E. Mill. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar. The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the ac or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal. "What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee ?" (Shak) Origin: OE. Mel; akin to E. Meal a part, and to D. Maal time, meal, G. Mal time, mahl meal, Icel. Mal measure, time, meal, Goth. Ml time, and to E. Measure. See Measure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meal

meager
meagerer
meagerest
meagerly
meagerness
meagernesses
meagre
meagrely
meagreness
meagrer
meagres
meagrest
meagry
meak
meaks
meal (current term)
meal-tide
meal-tides
meal plan
meal ticket
meal tickets
meal worm
mealberry
mealed
mealer
mealers
mealie
mealie land
mealie meal
mealiepap

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