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meal

40 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) meal (noun)
  2. 2) meal (noun)
  3. -meal (adverb combining form)
  4. meal beetle (noun)
  5. meal moth (noun)
  6. meal-mouthed (adjective)
  7. meal offering (noun)
  8. meal pennant (noun)
  9. meal plum (noun)
  10. meal ticket (noun)
  11. meat meal (noun)
  12. alfalfa meal (noun)
  13. almond meal (noun)
  14. blood meal (noun)
  15. bore meal (noun)
  16. cob meal (noun)
  17. coconut meal (noun)
  18. cod-liver meal (noun)
  19. copra meal (noun)
  20. corn gluten meal (noun)
  21. cottonseed meal (noun)
  22. fish meal (noun)
  23. glacial meal (noun)
  24. gluten meal (noun)
  25. Indian meal (noun)
  26. Indian meal moth (noun)
  27. leaf meal (noun)
  28. linseed meal (noun)
  29. mowrah meal (noun)
  30. oil meal (noun)

1meal

noun \ˈmēl\

Definition of MEAL

1
: an act or the time of eating a portion of food to satisfy appetite
2
: the portion of food eaten at a meal

Origin of MEAL

Middle English meel appointed time, meal, from Old English mǣl; akin to Old High German māl time, Latin metiri to measure — more at measure
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with MEAL

ceil, chiel, creel, deal, deil, eel, feel, heal, heel, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, peal, peel, real, reel, seal, seel, shiel, speel, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, streel, teal, tuille, veal, weal, wheal, wheel, zeal

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