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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
meal
n 1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: meal,
repast]
2: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or
habit at more or less fixed times
3: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal
grasses or pulse
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Meal \Meal\ (m[=e]l), n. [OE. mele, AS. m[=ae]l part, portion,
portion of time; akin to E. meal a repast. Cf. Piecemeal.]
A part; a fragment; a portion. [Obs.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Meal \Meal\, n. [OE. mel; akin to E. meal a part, and to D. maal
time, meal, G. mal time, mahl meal, Icel. m[=a]l measure,
time, meal, Goth. m[=e]l time, and to E. measure. See
Measure.]
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.
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What strange fish
Hath made his meal on thee? --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Meal \Meal\, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G.
mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also
to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan,
Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill.
[root]108. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal,
Immolate, Molar.]
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1. 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.
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2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but
not granulated.
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Meal beetle (Zool.), the adult of the meal worm. See Meal
worm, below.
Meal moth (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Asopia
farinalis), the larvae of which feed upon meal, flour,
etc.
Meal worm (Zool.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio
molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and
is very injurious to flour and meal.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Meal \Meal\, v. t.
1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. --Shak.
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2. To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
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Thesaurus Results for meal:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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