meal

noun [C] (FOOD)

/mɪəl/

Definition

A1 an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such an occasion: a hot meal a three-course meal a heavy (= large) meal a light (= small) meal I have my main meal at midday. You must come round for a meal sometime.Meals and parts of meals

(Definition of meal noun (FOOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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