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meal Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such an occasion:
- a hot meal
- a three-course meal
- a heavy (= large) meal
- a light (= small) meal
- I have my main meal at midday.
- How about coming over for a meal sometime?
1 a substance that has been crushed to make a rough powder, especially plant seeds crushed to make flour or for animal food:
- bone meal
- corn meal
2 an occasion when food is served or eaten, esp. breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or the food itself on such an occasion:
- I don’t enjoy preparing three meals a day every day.
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:
- go out/take sb out for a meal He took the whole team out for a meal at the end of the project.
- have/eat a meal I have my main meal at midday.
- a heavy/light/hot meal
- a three-course meal
5 a substance which has been crushed to make a rough powder, especially plant seeds crushed to make flour or for animal food:
- bone meal
- soya meal

That was the worst meal I've ever eaten.
Every so often I treat myself to a meal in an expensive restaurant.
Do you fancy going out for a meal after work?
You should always wash your hands before meals.
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.