'Meal' definitions:
Definition of 'meal'
From: WordNet
noun
The food served and eaten at one time [syn: meal, repast]
noun
Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
noun
Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
Definition of 'Meal'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meal'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meal'
From: GCIDE
- Meal \Meal\, v. t.
- 1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pulverize; as, mealed powder. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'meal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air pollution,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- attritus,
- barley,
- bird seed,
- board,
- bran,
- breakfast,
- C ration,
- 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,
- K ration,
- 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
Words containing 'Meal'
- meals,
- Cottonseed meal,
- Fish meal,
- Haver meal,
- Indian meal,
- Linseed meal,
- Meal beetle,
- Meal moth,
- Meal worm,
- Mountain meal,
- Rock meal,
- Witch meal,
- blood meal,
- matzah meal,
- matzo meal,
- matzoh meal,
- meal plan,
- meal ticket,
- meals on wheels,
- oil meal,
- soybean meal,
- square meal,
- Meal-mouthed,
- meals-on-wheels,
- whole meal bread,
- whole meal flour