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meal

UK/ˈmiːl/ US/ˈmɪi̯l/ common informal uk

noun

1.

the food served and eaten at one time

Synonyms
2.

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

3.

Origin

From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”).

Phrases

  • barium meal
  • bone meal
  • box meal
  • bread meal
  • cat in the meal-tub
  • cheat meal
  • chips with everything
  • cottonseed meal
  • cracker meal
  • enjoy your meal
  • family meal
  • full-course meal

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