Word Meaning

meal definition and meaning

n. A part; a fragment; a portion.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
v. t. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
v. t. To pulverize; as, mealed powder.

Crossword clues for meal

- Al joined me for a bite to eat
- Culinary delight
- Dinner or lunch
- Ground corn
- Ground grain
- Ground oats for dinner?
- Lunch or dinner, eg.
- Lunch, or the like
- Main course
- Mal took sweetheart to dinner
- Male organised dinner, perhaps
- Plate of food
- Powdered grain
- Regular repast
- Repast