Meal
21meal — {{11}}meal (n.1) food; time for eating, c.1200 (perhaps late Old English), mel appointed time for eating, also a meal, feast, from O.E. mæl fixed time, occasion, a meal, from P.Gmc. *mæla (Cf. O.Fris. mel time; M.Du. mael, Du. maal time, meal;… …
22meal — [OE] Meal ‘repast’ and meal ‘flour’ are two distinct words. The former originally meant ‘measure’: it goes back via prehistoric Germanic *mǣlaz (source of German mal ‘time, occasion’ and mahl ‘meal’, Dutch maal ‘time, meal’, and Swedish mål… …
23meal — [OE] Meal ‘repast’ and meal ‘flour’ are two distinct words. The former originally meant ‘measure’: it goes back via prehistoric Germanic *mǣlaz (source of German mal ‘time, occasion’ and mahl ‘meal’, Dutch maal ‘time, meal’, and Swedish mål… …
24meal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, filling, heavy ▪ I always want to go to sleep after a heavy meal. ▪ hearty, slap up (BrE) ▪ gourmet ( …
25meal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. repast, refection; breakfast, dinner, lunch, etc.; powder, grits. Slang, feed, eats. See food, powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Ground feed] Syn. bran, farina, grits, groats, fodder, provender,… …
26meal — 1. n. 1 an occasion when food is eaten. 2 the food eaten on one occasion. Phrases and idioms: make a meal of 1 treat (a task etc.) too laboriously or fussily. 2 consume as a meal. meals on wheels Brit. a service by which meals are delivered to… …
27meal — I. /mil / (say meel) noun 1. one of the regular repasts of the day, as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. 2. the food eaten or served for a repast. –phrase 3. make a meal of, a. to turn into a satisfactory meal: to make a meal of the leftovers. b.… …
28meal — мука грубого помола fish meal рыбная мука bone meal костная мука calf meal телячья мука dead meal мертвая мука sago meal саговая мука …
29meal — I. noun Etymology: Middle English meel appointed time, meal, from Old English mǣl; akin to Old High German māl time, Latin metiri to measure more at measure Date: before 12th century 1. an act or the time of eating a portion of food to satisfy… …
30meal — meal1 mealless, adj. /meel/, n. 1. the food served and eaten esp. at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper. 2. one of these regular occasions or times for eating food. [bef. 900;… …
