meal

n. repast; regular time of day when food is eaten; food eaten at regular times during the day; feast; flour, coarsely ground grain

For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. 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 and more filling, while snacks are more likely to be small, high-calorie affairs; however, any food eaten in small amounts at an unscheduled time can be classified as a snack.
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Noun
1. the food served and eaten at one time
(synonym) repast
(hypernym) nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
(hyponym) mess
(part-meronym) course
2. any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
(hypernym) occasion
3. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
(hypernym) foodstuff, food product
(hyponym) kibble

(v. t.)
To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
  

(v. t.)
To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
  

(n.)
A part; a fragment; a portion.
  

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