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Meals

Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

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📖 Definitions of "Meals"

noun

1
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
"Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal."
2
Food served or eaten as a repast.
3
A time or an occasion.

noun

1
The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.

noun

1
A speck or spot.
2
A part; a fragment; a portion.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Meals"

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Word	Definition
repastnoun	(countable) (archaic or literary) A meal.
accommodationnoun	(chiefly British, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
atenoun	A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.
boardnoun	A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
cafeteriasnoun	(chiefly US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
canteensnoun	A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
cateringnoun	(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
dietnoun	The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
dietsnoun	The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
dinnernoun	The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
dinnersnoun	The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
dishesnoun	Dishwashing
eatnoun	(colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
eatingnoun	The act of ingesting food.
feednoun	(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
feedingnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
feedingsnoun	(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
feedsverb	Clipping of federate. [To unite in a federation.]
floursnoun	Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
foodnoun	(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.