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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
C ration, K ration, air pollution, allotment, allowance, attritus, barley, bird seed, board, bran, breakfast, carry too far, cat food, chicken feed, chop, chow, collation, commons, consume, corn, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, devour, dinner, dog food, dust, dust ball, eat, eatage, efflorescence, emergency rations, ensilage, entertainment, fallout, fare, farina, feast, feed, feed on, field rations, filings, flour, fodder, food, forage, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, grain, grits, groats, grub, hay, ingest, kittens, lint, lunch, luncheon, mash, meals, meat, mess, nourishment, oats, overdo, overplay, partake of, pasturage, pasture, pet food, powder, provender, pussies, raspings, rations, refection, refreshment, regalement, repas, repast, sawdust, scratch, scratch feed, short commons, silage, slops, smut, snack, soot, spread, straw, supper, swill, table, take, tea, treat, tucker, victuals, wheat
Dictionary Results for meal:
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

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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