SQUARE MEAL

Meaning of SQUARE MEAL in English

■ noun a substantial and balanced meal.

Origin

said to derive from naut. use, with ref. to the square platters on which meals were served.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SQUARE MEAL — a nourishing or filling meal: You'll feel better after you've had a square meal. [ 1830-40 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUARE MEAL — large meal, big meal
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SQUARE MEAL — ( square meals) A square meal is a meal which is big enough to satisfy you. They haven’t had a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUARE MEAL — (~s) A ~ is a meal which is big enough to satisfy you. They haven’t had a ~ for four …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SQUARE MEAL — {n. phr.} A full, nourishing well-balanced meal. * /The refugees looked as if they hadn't had a square meal in …
Slang English vocab
SQUARE MEAL — {n. phr.} A full, nourishing well-balanced meal. * /The refugees looked as if they hadn't had a square meal in …
Словарь английских идиом
SQUARE MEAL — full meal: meat, bread, vegetables and milk We need at least one square meal each day. Do you agree?
English Idioms vocab
SQUARE MEAL — full meal: meat, bread, vegetables and milk We need at least one square meal each day. Do you agree?
English Idioms vocabulary
SQUARE MEAL — n. phr. A full, nourishing well-balanced meal. The refugees looked as if they hadn't had a square meal in months.
American Idioms English vocabulary
SQUARE MEAL — достаточное количество пищи
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SQUARE MEAL — _n. достаточное количество пищи
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SQUARE MEAL — достаточное количество пищи
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SQUARE MEAL — плотная еда, сытная еда
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SQUARE MEAL — плотная еда, сытная еда
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SQUARE MEAL — достаточное количество пищи
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SQUARE MEAL — достаточное количество пищи
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SQUARE MEAL — _n. достаточное количество пищи
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SQUARE MEAL — n. достаточное количество пищи
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SQUARE MEAL — достаточное количество пищи
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SQUARE — I. ˈskwa(a)](ə)r, -we], ]ə\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English squyre, square, from Middle French esquerre, esquarre, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEAL — I. ˈmēl, esp before pause or consonant ˈmēəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English meel mealtime, meal, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEAL — (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at …
Английский словарь Webster
MEAL — ( n. ) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUARE — — squarable , adj. — squarelike , adj. — squareness , n. — squarer , n. /skwair/ , n. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEAL — meal 1 — mealless , adj. /meel/ , n. 1. the food served and eaten esp. at one of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUARE — I. ˈskwer noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin * exquadra, from * exquadrare to square, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEAL — I. ˈmēl noun Etymology: Middle English meel appointed time, meal, from Old English mǣl; akin to Old High German māl …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
MEAL — noun a part; a fragment; a portion. 2. meal ·vt to sprinkle with, or as with, meal. 3. meal ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SQUARE — [square] n [ME, fr. MF esquarre, fr. (assumed) VL exquadra, fr. exquadrare to square, fr. L ex- + quadrare to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEAL — [meal] n [ME meel appointed time, meal, fr. OE mael; akin to OHG mal time, L metiri to measure--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SQUARE — in geometry, a plane figure with four equal sides and four right (90) angles. A square is a special kind …
Britannica English vocabulary
SQUARE — / skweə(r); NAmE skwer/ adjective , noun , verb , adverb ■ adjective SHAPE 1. ( geometry ) having four …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEAL — / miːl; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] an occasion when people sit down to eat food, especially breakfast, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUARE — I. square 1 S2 W3 /skweə $ skwer/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . SHAPE having four straight equal sides and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEAL — meal S2 W2 /miːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1,3: Language: Old English ; Origin: mæl 'time, meal' ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEAL — n. 1 an occasion when food is eaten. 2 the food eaten on one occasion. ømake a meal of 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEAL — n. 1 the edible part of any grain or pulse (usu. other than wheat) ground to powder. 2 Sc. oatmeal. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEAL — n. 1 an occasion when food is eaten. 2 the food eaten on one occasion. make a meal of 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Oxford English vocab
MEAL — 1. n.1 an occasion when food is eaten. 2 the food eaten on one occasion. Phrases and idioms: make a …
Oxford English vocab
SQUARE — ( squares, squaring, squared) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A square …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEAL — ( meals) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A meal is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUARE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a decent meal/a square meal ( also a proper meal British English ) (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEAL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEAL — (POWDER) [noun] [U] - a substance which has been crushed to make a rough powder, esp. plant seeds crushed to …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEAL — See ↑ MEAL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ evening meal • ↑ hardly touch your food/dinner/meal etc • ↑ make a …
Longman Activator English vocab
MEAL — INDEX: 1. a meal 2. a meal in the morning 3. a meal in the middle of the day 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
SQUARE — adj. 1 equilateral, quadrangular, rectangular, right-angled, quadrilateral, four-sided, cubic, cubed, six-sided, boxy She bought a work of art consisting of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MEAL — noun 1 DUBIOUS : You will be able to try some of the traditional meals. GOOD : You will be …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MEAL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MEAL — 1) тонкоизмельчённый материал, каменная мука; минеральный порошок 2) мука грубого [крупного] помола 3) мучка 4) размалывать в муку 5) пищ. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
MEAL — 1) тонкоизмельчённый материал, каменная мука; минеральный порошок 2) мука грубого [крупного] помола 3) мучка 4) размалывать в муку 5) пищ. панировать • - cement raw meal - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SQUARE — 1) винкель 2) возводить в квадрат 3) вторая степень 4) кв 5) квадрат 6) квадратичный 7) квадратный 8) квадрировать 9) квартал 10) клетка 11) площадь 12) приводить в порядок 13) сквер 14) точный 15) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MEAL — мука - blood meal - bone meal - bore meal - coarse meal - feeding meal
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SQUARE — square сущ.1) квадрат а) (геометрическая фигура) the length of the side of a square — длина стороны квадрата б) матем. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MEAL
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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