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meal

1

[ meel ]

noun

  1. the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
  2. one of these regular occasions or times for eating food.


meal

2

[ meel ]

noun

  1. a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain:

    wheat meal;

    cornmeal.

  2. any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this.

-meal

3
  1. a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time:

    piecemeal.

meal

1

/ 尘颈藧濒 /

noun

    1. any of the regular occasions, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc, when food is served and eaten
    2. ( in combination ) prandial

      mealtime

  1. the food served and eaten
  2. make a meal of informal.
    to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

meal

2

/ 尘颈藧濒 /

noun

  1. the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food
  2. oatmeal
  3. maize flour
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞尘别补濒-濒别蝉蝉, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘别补濒顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of meal1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English 尘牵濒 鈥渕easure, fixed time, occasion鈥; cognate with German Mal 鈥渢颈尘别,鈥 Mahl 鈥渕别补濒,鈥 Old Norse 尘腻濒, Gothic 尘脓濒 鈥渢ime, hour鈥

Origin of meal2

First recorded before 900; Middle English mele, Old English melu; cognate with German Mehl, Dutch meel, Old Norse 尘箩谦濒, Gothic malan; akin to Latin molere 鈥渢o grind鈥 ( mill 1 )

Origin of meal3

Middle English -mele, Old English -尘牵濒um, combining form representing 尘牵濒 meal 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of meal1

Old English 尘牵濒 measure, set time, meal; related to Old High German 尘腻濒 mealtime

Origin of meal2

Old English melu; compare Dutch meel, Old High German melo, Old Norse 尘箩枚濒
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with meal ; also see square meal .
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Example Sentences

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His "rewards" had been said to include hospitality at the Scottish Grand National at Ayr, a night at the Loch Green Hotel in Troon and a meal at Elliots in Prestwick.

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This is a perfect meal for warm, sunny spring days 鈥 and it all comes together in practically no time at all.

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Have you heard of the child who died from scalding after being knocked into a pot of food as a crowd scrambled for one meal?

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The meetings are more than just a chance for a good meal though.

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Hop Lam prepares a family meal in April.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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