Meal | Mean of meal in English Dictionary

/ˈmiːl/

• Noun
• the foods eaten or prepared for eating at one time
1. He eats/has three full meals a day.
2. Dad cooked/prepared/made a delicious meal of chicken and potatoes.
3. The waitress served our meal.
4. a three-course meal
5. This soup is a meal in itself. [=all that is needed for a meal]
• a time or occasion when food is eaten
1. Breakfast is her favorite meal.
2. the midday/evening meal
3. She makes us drink a glass of milk at every meal.
4. We went to Grandma's for a big holiday meal.
5. If you want to lose weight, don't eat between meals.
• to eat (a particular food) as your meal without anything else
1. This bread is so good, I could make a meal of it.

• to do (something) in a way that makes it seem more important or difficult than it really is
1. It's not all that hard, you know! Don't make a meal of it!
• a coarse flour made from ground seeds
• something that looks or feels like meal