Definition for MEAL

MEAL, n.1 [Sax. mæl, a part or portion; D. maal; G. mahl; probably from breaking. See the next word.]

  1. A portion of food taken at one time; a repast. It is customary in the United States to eat three meals in a day. The principal meal of our ancestors was dinner, at noon.
  2. A part; a fragment; in the word piece-meal.

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