MEAL

n. 1 food, repast, victuals, nourishment, spread, collation, refection; dinner, supper, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, Brit tea Meals will be served in the main dining room 2 make a meal of. overdo, overplay, go overboard, go or carry to extremes, carry or go too far, do to excess Perkins is bound to make a meal of the slightest thing