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meal

The correct spelling is meal.

How to pronounce meal

/miːl/
noun

IPA: /miːl/

Say it like: Mee-l

The correct spelling is meal. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack). For example: "Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal."

Usage Examples

Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
  2. 2.Food served or eaten as a repast.
  3. 3.A time or an occasion.
  4. 4.The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
  5. 5.A speck or spot.

verb

  1. 1.To yield or be plentiful in meal.
  2. 2.To defile or taint.

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