meal
IPA: mˈiɫ
noun
- (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
- (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
- (uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
- (obsolete) A time or an occasion.
- The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
- (UK dialectal) A speck or spot.
- A part; a fragment; a portion.
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete) To yield or be plentiful in meal.
- (transitive) To defile or taint.
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Examples of "meal" in Sentences
- He can only eat vegetal meals.
- He started to eat his frugal meal.
- Breakfast is the first meal of the day.
- This article talks only about veg breakfast and meals.
- Eat before the time of meal in order to satisfy the palate.
- Eating before the time of meal in order to satisfy the palate.
- Dietary workers prepare the food and meal trays in the kitchen.
- The first meal of the day is the breakfast which is quite substantial.
- Postprandial means after eating a meal while preprandial is before a meal.
- If you eat meals late in the evening, it will take longer for your body to digest food.
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