Definitions for meal
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. meal, repastnoun

   the food served and eaten at one time

2. mealnoun

   any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

3. mealnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mealnoun

   Etymology: male , Saxon, repast or portion.

   1. The act of eating at a certain time.

   Boaz said unto her at meal time, Come eat, and dip thy morsel. Ruth ii. 14.

   The quantity of aliment necessary to keep the animal in a due state of vigour, ought to be divided into meals at proper intervals. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   2. A repast.

   What strange fish
   Hath made his meal on thee? William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   Give them great meals of beef, and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves, and fight like devils. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   They made m’ a miser’s feast of happiness,
   And cou’d not furnish out another meal. Dryden.

   3. A part; a fragment.

   That yearly rent is still paid into the hanaper, even as the former casualty itself was wont to be, in parcel meal, brought in, and answered there. Francis Bacon.

   4. [ mælere , Saxon; meel, Dutch; mahlen, to grind, German.]The flower or edible part of corn.

   In the bolting and sifting of near fourteen years of such power and favour, all that came out could not be expected to be pure and fine meal, but must have a mixture of padar and bran in this lower age of human fragility. Henry Wotton.

   An old weazel conveys himself into a meal-tub for the mice to come to her, since she could not go to them. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

2. To Mealverb

   To sprinkle; to mingle.

   Etymology: meler, French.

   Were he meal’d
   With that which he corrects, then were he tyrannous. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Measure.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meal

   A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes consumption of food. 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. Although they can be eaten anywhere, meals typically take place in homes, restaurants, and cafeterias. Regular meals occur on a daily basis, typically several times a day. Special meals are usually held in conjunction with such occasions as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and holidays. A meal is different from a snack in that meals are generally larger, more varied, and more filling than snacks.The type of food that is served or consumed at any given time depends on regional customs. Three main meals are often eaten in the morning, early afternoon, and evening in most modern civilizations. Further, the names of meals are often interchangeable by custom as well. Some serve dinner as the main meal at midday, with supper as the late afternoon/early evening meal; while others may call their midday meal lunch and their early evening meal supper or dinner. Except for "breakfast", these names can vary from region to region or even from family to family.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meal

   A meal is a specific instance of eating, typically consisting of different types of food consumed individually or in a group at any time of the day. It can refer to breakfast, lunch, dinner, or any other smaller feeds throughout the day, and usually serves a nutritional or social purpose. Meal portions can vary according to culture, personal preference, or dietary needs.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Mealnoun

   a part; a fragment; a portion

2. Mealnoun

   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

3. Mealnoun

   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

4. Mealnoun

   any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated

5. Mealverb

   to sprinkle with, or as with, meal

6. Mealverb

   to pulverize; as, mealed powder

7. Etymology: [OE. mele, AS. ml part, portion, portion of time; akin to E. meal a repast. Cf. Piecemeal.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Meal

   A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared food. Meals occur primarily at homes, restaurants, and cafeterias, but may occur anywhere. Regular meals occur on a daily basis, typically several times a day. Special meals are usually held in conjunction with such occasions as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and holidays. A meal is different from a snack in that meals are larger, more varied, and more filling than snacks. A picnic is an outdoor meal where one brings one's food, such as a sandwich or a prepared meal. It often takes place in a natural or recreational area, such as a park, forest, beach, or grassy lawn. On long drives a picnic may take place at a roadside stop such as a rest area. A banquet is a large, often formal, elaborate meal, with many guests and dishes.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meal

   mēl, n. the food taken at one time: the act or the time of taking food: a breakfast, dinner, or supper.—ns. Meal′er, one who takes his meals at a boarding-house, lodging elsewhere; Meal′-time, the time for meals.—Square meal, a full meal. [A.S. mǽl, time, portion of time; Dut. maal, Ger. mahl.]

2. Meal

   mēl, n. grain ground to powder.—v.i. to yield or be plentiful in meal.—ns. Meal′-ark (Scot.), a large chest for holding meal; Meal′iness; Meal′-man, or Meal′-mong′er, one who deals in meal; Meal′-pock, or -poke, a beggar's meal-bag; Meal′worm, the larva of an insect abounding in granaries and flour-stores.—adj. Meal′y, resembling meal: covered with meal or with something like meal: whitish.—n. Meal′y-bug, a small species of cochineal insect covered with a while powdery substance resembling meal or flour.—adj. Meal′y-mouthed, smooth-tongued.—n. Meal′y-mouthedness. [A.S. melu, melo; Ger. mehl, Dut. meel, meal.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MEAL

   According to the Liquor Law, a minute bunch of crumbs entirely surrounded by booze.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meal

   A moderate amount of food to eat.

   A meal is meant to be a moderate amount of food.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

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1. MEAL

   What does MEAL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MEAL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MEAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Meal is ranked #73666 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Meal surname appeared 263 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Meal.
   
   64.2% or 169 total occurrences were White.
   30% or 79 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.6% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Foodstuff
   • Nutriment
   • Occasion

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'meal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2561

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'meal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1593

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'meal' in Nouns Frequency: #704

Anagrams for meal »

1. mela

2. lame

3. alem

4. leam

5. male

6. alme

How to pronounce meal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say meal in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of meal in a Sentence

1. Trevor Kashey:

   It may not be the most exciting meal, but it won’t upset your stomach while training; it gives you quality carbs and protein; and it’s so easy to make a bunch of meals at once, put them in individual containers, and take them around with you. My clients who make the best progress all do this.

2. Lee Jong-chan:

   They are provided with one meal a day, which is lunch, but for the rest of the day they live off bread and drinks.

3. Kevin Durant:

   I always want to win, moral victories are for young teams. I am going to go home, enjoy me a nice meal and a nice glass of wine and I'll be straight.

4. Calvin Trillin:

   The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

5. Jack Seiler:

   I'm not satisfied with having a cycle of homeless in the city of Fort Lauderdale, providing them with a meal and keeping them in that cycle on the street is not productive.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meal
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=meal
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meal
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=meal
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=meal
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=meal
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html