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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Meal Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Meal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
(v. t.)
To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
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.
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.
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.
Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
(n.)
A part; a fragment; a portion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA part; a fragment; a portion.
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
similar words(14)
whole meal bread
haver meal
mountain meal
witch meal
meal worm
rock meal
meal-mouthed
cottonseed meal
meal beetle
linseed meal
whole meal flour
meal ticket
meal moth
indian meal
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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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'.
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
not too bright
pub meal
any means or source of financial support, as a pimp's prostitute, a spouse, a university degree, etc.
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
Meal Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Meal Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Meal Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fear of Food
Also known as Sitophobia
Also known as Sitophobia
Fear of dining and dinner conversations
Meal Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Meal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- For the coarsely ground flour, see flour.
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Meal Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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.
