transcription, транскрипция: [ mi:l ]
( meals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time.
She sat next to him throughout the meal...
It’s rare that I have an evening meal with my children.
N-COUNT
2.
A meal is the food you eat during a meal.
The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal...
N-COUNT
3.
see also bone meal
4.
If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they are making a meal of it. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.
PHRASE : V inflects [ disapproval ]
5.
If you have a square meal , you have a large healthy meal.
PHRASE : N inflects