Definition of Meal

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repast; regular time of day when food is eaten; food eaten at regular times during the day; feast; flour, coarsely ground grain
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
  
(v. t.)
To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
  
(n.)
A part; a fragment; a portion.
  
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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. māl measure, time, meal, goth. mēl 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 ?
meal
\meal\, n. [oe. mele, as. melu, melo; akin to d. meel, g. mehl, ohg. melo, icel. mj?l, sw. mj?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. ?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?l.), the adult of the meal worm. see meal worm, below.
meal
moth (zo?l.), a lepidopterous insect (asopia farinalis), the larv? of which feed upon meal, flour, etc.
meal
worm (zo?l.), the larva of a beetle (tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.
meal
\meal\ (mēl), n. [oe. mele, as. m&aemacr;l part, portion, portion of time; akin to e. meal a repast. cf. piecemeal.] a part; a fragment; a portion. [obs.]
meal
\meal\, v. t. 1. to sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
2. to pulverize; as, mealed powder.
meal
n
1. the food served and eaten at one time [syn: repast]


2. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse


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Meaning
A substantial meal.
Origin
In the Navy, and other ships in years gone by, sailors received their meals on a square plate with a raised edge called the fiddle. If they overfilled their plates they were said to be 'On the fiddle'.
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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
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flour: plúr
dinner: béile
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Blawd = n. meal, flour
Blodio = v. to make meal
Blodwaith = n. meal dust
Blodwraig = n. meal woman
Blota = v. to meal; to beg meal
Blotai = n. a begger of meal
Blotty = n. meal house
Cinio = n. a meal; a dinner
Grosaig = n. a slight meal
Peillied = n. bolted meal, flour
Pryd = n. a period, a season, a time; meal time; aspect, adv. seeing that, as it is, whilst
Saig = n. a mess, a meal
Seigen = n. a little mess, a meal
Anagram
  lame  male
Australian Slang
not too bright
pub meal
any means or source of financial support, as a pimp's prostitute, a spouse, a university degree, etc.
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. the food served and eaten at one time
(synonym) repast
(hypernym) nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
(hyponym) mess
(part-meronym) course
2. any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
(hypernym) occasion
3. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
(hypernym) foodstuff, food product
(hyponym) kibble
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Phobia
Fear of Food
Also known as Sitophobia
Fear of dining and dinner conversations
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Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
For the coarsely ground flour, see flour.
A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared food.

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The right 'and' hand moves toward the mouth a few times.
The closed right hand goes through the natural motions of placing food in the mouth. This movement is repeated.
The closed right hand goes through the natural motion of placing food in the mouth. This movement is repeated.