meal
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meal1
▶noun any of the regular daily occasions when food is eaten.
■ the food eaten at a meal.
– phrases
make a meal of Brit. informal carry out (a task) with unnecessary effort or thoroughness.
meals on wheels meals delivered to old people or invalids who cannot cook for themselves.
make a meal of Brit. informal carry out (a task) with unnecessary effort or thoroughness.
meals on wheels meals delivered to old people or invalids who cannot cook for themselves.
– origin OE mǣl (also in the senses ‘measure’, ‘fixed time’), of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
meal2
▶noun
- 1 the edible part of any grain or pulse ground to powder.
- 2 any powdery substance made by grinding: herring meal.
– origin OE melu, meolo, of Gmc origin.
'meal' also found in these Oxford entries:
afters
- agape
- à la carte
- aperitif
- appetizer
- arrowroot
- banquet
- barbecue
- blessing
- blood meal
- blowout
- blue-plate
- board
- bon appétit
- bonne bouche
- breakfast
- brunch
- buffet
- cheeseboard
- clear
- collation
- concoct
- cookout
- cornbread
- cornmeal
- course
- cream tea
- demi-pension
- dessert
- digestif
- dinner
- dish
- Dutch
- eat
- entrée
- entremets
- farina
- fast food
- feast
- finger bowl
- fixing
- flat
- fry
- fry-up
- give
- gourmet
- grace
- gruel
- half board
- hangi
