0 an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such an occasion:
1 a substance that has been crushed to make a rough powder, especially plant seeds crushed to make flour or for animal food:
2 an occasion when food is served or eaten, esp. breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or the food itself on such an occasion:
3 a substance that has been crushed to make a rough powder, esp. plant seeds crushed to make flour or for animal food
4 an occasion when food is eaten, or the food which is eaten on such an occasion:
5 a substance which has been crushed to make a rough powder, especially plant seeds crushed to make flour or for animal food:
Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.
If you eat three good meals a day, you're less likely to snack on biscuits and crisps.
He surveys the sacred meals against a carefully assembled background of ordinary meal-taking and the general philosophy of food in each region.
His argument is sometimes intricate and often subtle - but now and then it makes a meal of the obvious.
If patients are at the hospital over lunchtime they are served a meal by the nurses, who are assisted by nurse's aides.