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1. (n.) meal
the food served and eaten at one time or occasion.
2. meal
one such regular time or occasion for eating.
3. (n.) meal
a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain:
barley meal.
4. meal
any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME mele, OE melu, c. OFris
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1. (noun) meal, repast
the food served and eaten at one time
2. (noun) meal
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
3. (noun) meal
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
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1. (noun) meal
food eaten at a particular time
an evening meal; Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.; to cook/make a meal
2. meal
go out for a meal
to eat a meal in a restaurant
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) meal
a part; a fragment; a portion
2. (noun) meal
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. (noun) meal
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. (noun) meal
any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated
5. (verb) meal
to sprinkle with, or as with, meal
6. (verb) meal
to pulverize; as, mealed powder
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Sense: the food taken at one time
She eats three meals a day.
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 Afrikaans: maaltyd |
 Arabic: وَجْبَه |
 Bulgarian: ядене |
 Brazilian: refeição |
 Czech: jídlo |
 German: die Mahlzeit |
 Danish: måltid |
 Greek: γεύμα |
 Spanish: comida |
 Estonian: eine |
 Farsi: وعده غذایی |
 Finnish: ateria |
 French: repas |
 Hebrew: אֲרוּחָה |
 Hindi: भोजन, भोजन का समय |
 Croatian: obrok |
 Hungarian: étel |
 Indonesian: makanan |
 Icelandic: málsverður |
 Italian: pasto |
 Japanese: 食事 |
 Korean: 식사 |
 Lithuanian: valgymas |
 Latvian: ēdienreize; maltīte |
 Malay: makanan |
 Dutch: maaltijd |
 Norwegian: måltid |
 Polish: posiłek |
 Persian: ،وقت غذا وعده غذایی |
 Pashto: د ډوډى خوړلو وخت |
 Portuguese: refeição |
 Romanian: masă |
 Russian: еда |
 Slovak: jedlo |
 Slovenian: obrok |
 Serbian: obrok |
 Swedish: mål mat |
 Thai: มื้อ |
 Turkish: yemek,öğün |
 Taiwanese: 一餐 |
 Ukrainian: прийняття їжі |
 Urdu: کھانا |
 Vietnamese: bữa ăn |
 Chinese: 膳食，一餐 |
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