meal
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
Noun 4 meanings
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
“Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.”
Food served or eaten as a repast.
“a1450, The Macro Playsː If thou wilt fare well at meat and meal, come and follow me.”
A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
Verb 1 meaning
To defile or taint.
Etymology
From Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).
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MEAL at a glance
MEAL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,050 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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