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  • 1meal — W2S2 [mi:l] n [Sense: 1,3; Origin: Old English mAl time, meal ] [Sense: 2; Origin: Old English melu] 1.) an occasion when you eat food, for example breakfast or dinner, or the food that you eat on that occasion ▪ After the movie we went for a… …

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  • 2meal — UK US /miːl/ noun ► [C] an occasion when food is eaten, or the food which is eaten on such an occasion: go out/take sb out for a meal »He took the whole team out for a meal at the end of the project. have/eat a meal »I have my main meal at midday …

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  • 3meal — [ mil ] noun *** 1. ) count an occasion when you eat, especially breakfast, lunch, or DINNER: The medicine should always be taken with meals. go out for a meal (=go to a restaurant): We could go to a movie, or go out for a meal. main meal (=the… …

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  • 4meal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, filling, heavy ▪ I always want to go to sleep after a heavy meal. ▪ hearty, slap up (BrE) ▪ gourmet ( …

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  • 5meal — /mi:l/ noun 1 (C) an occasion when you eat food, for example breakfast or lunch: Dinner is the main meal of the day for most people. | What time are you having your meal? | go (out) for a meal: After the movie we went for a meal in a Chinese… …

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  • 6meal */*/*/ — UK [miːl] / US [mɪl] noun Word forms meal : singular meal plural meals 1) a) [countable] an occasion when you eat, especially breakfast, lunch, or dinner The medicine should always be taken with meals. What do you call your evening meal? go out… …

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  • 7meal*/*/*/ — [miːl] noun [C] an occasion when you eat, such as breakfast or lunch, or the food that you eat at that time He cooked us a delicious meal.[/ex] We could see a film or go out for a meal (= go to a restaurant).[/ex] See: square meal …

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  • 8Meal, Ready-to-Eat — MRE redirects here. For other uses, see MRE (disambiguation). Two MRE packets: beef teriyaki and meatloaf with gravy The Meal, Ready to Eat commonly known as the MRE is a self contained, individual field ration in lightweight packaging bought by… …

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  • 9meal — [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… …

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  • 10meal — [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… …

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