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Meal - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Meal : (noun)
1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: repast]
2: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or
habit at more or less fixed times
3: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various
cereal grasses or pulse
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Meal : \Meal\ (m[=e]l), n. [OE. mele, AS. m[=ae]l part, portion,
portion of time; akin to E. meal a repast. Cf. Piecemeal.]
A part; a fragment; a portion. [Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Meal : \Meal\, n. [OE. mel; akin to E. meal a part, and to D. maal
time, meal, G. mal time, mahl meal, Icel. m[=a]l measure,
time, meal, Goth. m[=e]l time, and to E. measure. See
Measure.]
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.
What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee ? --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Meal : \Meal\, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G.
mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also
to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan,
Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill.
[root]108. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal,
Immolate, Molar.]
1. 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.
2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but
not granulated.
Meal beetle (Zo["o]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See
Meal worm, below.
Meal moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect ({Asopia
farinalis), the larv[ae] of which feed upon meal, flour,
etc.
Meal worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a beetle ({Tenebrio
molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and
is very injurious to flour and meal.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Meal : \Meal\, v. t.
1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. --Shak.
2. To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Meal |
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maverickwoman: What would u do? Your customer, halfway through her Meal, calls u and points out a 2 inch dead caterpillar in her food? U own the restaurant |
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theno23: Garlik Christmas Meal last night. Feeling a bit worse for wear. |
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Iamtherudeboy: At whataburger my dam Meal cost $10 WTF smdh... |
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