Definitions for Meals
meals

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1. meals

   A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes consumption of food. The names used for specific meals in English vary, depending on the speaker's culture, the time of day, or the size of the meal. Although they can be eaten anywhere, meals typically take place in homes, restaurants, and cafeterias. Regular meals occur on a daily basis, typically several times a day. Special meals are usually held in conjunction with such occasions as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and holidays. A meal is different from a snack in that meals are generally larger, more varied, and more filling than snacks.The type of food that is served or consumed at any given time depends on regional customs. Three main meals are often eaten in the morning, early afternoon, and evening in most modern civilizations. Further, the names of meals are often interchangeable by custom as well. Some serve dinner as the main meal at midday, with supper as the late afternoon/early evening meal; while others may call their midday meal lunch and their early evening meal supper or dinner. Except for "breakfast", these names can vary from region to region or even from family to family.

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1. mealsnoun

   Plural noun of meal.

   We don't eat regular meals in our house, we tend to eat a variety of foods as a snack when we feel hungryrather than sit down to a big meal.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 29, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MEALS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Meals is ranked #24305 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Meals surname appeared 1,032 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Meals.
   
   84.5% or 873 total occurrences were White.
   10.3% or 107 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Meals' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4021

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Meals' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3282

Anagrams for Meals »

1. amels

2. lames

3. lamés

4. males

5. mesal

6. Salem

7. Selma

8. semla

How to pronounce Meals?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Meals in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Meals in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Meals in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Meals in a Sentence

1. Chad Houser:

   We refocused the mission really, by listening to the community, we received a lot of calls from folks asking for help in specifically feeding food insecure students that were dependent upon school meals for their basic nutritional needs.

2. Swayam Prakash Pandit:

   The stockpile of cooking gas in the hospital is also running low. We are largely relying on firewood to cook meals for patients.

3. Robert Graham:

   Eighty percent of chronic diseases we face are preventable and reversible by eating a more plant-based diet. This [ pandemic ] is a call to action to switch to more plant-based meals and to cook more. They are the two silver linings.

4. Tanya Altmann:

   I do visit a variety of schools in my area, and I find that the meals look more appetizing to me.

5. Beatrice Lillie:

   I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meals
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html