What (who) is meal - definition
meal
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EATING THAT TAKES PLACE AT A SPECIFIC TIME
Meals; Mealtimes; Light meal; Main meal; Multi-course meal
n.
1.
Repast, collation.
2.
Flour, grain in powder.
meal
EATING THAT TAKES PLACE AT A SPECIFIC TIME
Meals; Mealtimes; Light meal; Main meal; Multi-course meal
I
n.
repast
1) to cook, fix (esp. AE; colloq.), prepare a meal
2) to eat, have; enjoy a meal
3) to make a meal of (to make a meal of soup)
4) to order; serve a meal
5) a big, heavy; decent, hearty, solid, square; sumptuous meal (to have a square meal)
6) a light, small; simple; skimpy meal
7) a main meal (the main meal of the day)
misc.
8) (BE; colloq.) to make a meal of smt. ('to behave as if smt. easy were difficult')
II
n.
ground seeds
Indian meal (BE; AE has cornmeal)
meal
EATING THAT TAKES PLACE AT A SPECIFIC TIME
Meals; Mealtimes; Light meal; Main meal; Multi-course meal
(meals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time.
She sat next to him throughout the meal...
It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.
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2.
A meal is the food you eat during a meal.
The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal...
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3.
see also bone meal
4.
If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they are making a meal of it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.
PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]
5.
If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal.
PHRASE: N inflects
Wikipedia
Meal
A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes consumption of food.meal noun (FOOD) - definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionaries Onlinemeal - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online The names used for specific meals in English vary, depending on the speaker's culture, the time of day, or the size of the meal.
Pronunciation examples for meal
1. meal.
Christine Ha _ The Blind Cook _ Talks at Google
2. meal.
The Death of the Research Report _ Tomer Sharon _ Talks at Google
3. meal.
Farm Sanctuary - Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food _ Gene Baur _ Talks at Google
4. meal.
A New Turn in The South _ Hugh Acheson _ Talks at Google
5. meal.
Barefoot Contessa - How Easy Is That _ Ina Garten _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of meal
1. Vladimir Filonov / MT Daily meal tickets –– each for a three–course meal.
2. TO MR KENNEDY, a meal without wine is not a meal at all.
3. Each family member is given a daily meal ticket for a three–course meal.
4. It‘s a day–to–day, meal–to–meal battle, but it‘s worth fighting.
5. Nowhere is that more true than in Asia, where a meal isn‘t a meal without rice.