(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time.
She sat next to him throughout the ~...
It’s rare that I have an evening ~ with my children.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is the food you eat during a ~.
The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his ~...
N-COUNT
3.
see also bone ~
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 ~ of it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Lawyers always make such a ~ of the simplest little thing.
PHRASE: V inflects disapproval
5.
If you have a square ~, you have a large healthy ~.
PHRASE: N inflects