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meal

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  • IPA /miːl/

Noun

meal noun

  1. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).“Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.”
  2. Food served or eaten as a repast.
  3. A time or an occasion.

meal noun

  1. The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.

meal noun

  1. A speck or spot.
  2. A part; a fragment; a portion.

Verb

meal verb

  1. To yield or be plentiful in meal.

meal verb

  1. To defile or taint.

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repastdinnerluncheonmenudininglunchdinerdinesupperrestaurantmeal

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