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- [meel]
- /mil/
- /miːl/
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- [meel]
- /mil/
Definitions of meal word
- noun meal a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal. 1
- noun meal any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this. 1
- noun meal Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. 1
- noun meal eating occasion 1
- noun meal food eaten at once 1
- noun meal ground grain 1
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Origin of meal
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English mǣl measure, fixed time, occasion, meal; cognate with German Mal time, Mahl meal, Old Norse māl, Gothic mēl time, hour
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Parts of speech for Meal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
meal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
meal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for meal
noun meal
- fare — the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- snack — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- picnic — PEBCAK
- dessert — Dessert is something sweet, such as fruit or a pudding, that you eat at the end of a meal.
- feast — any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
verb meal
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- hoover — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
Antonyms for meal
noun meal
- snack — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
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