meal 1
— mealless , adj.
/meel/ , n.
1. the food served and eaten esp. at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
2. one of these regular occasions or times for eating food.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE mael measure, fixed time, occasion, meal; c. G Mal time, Mahl meal, ON mal, Goth mel time, hour ]
meal 2
— mealless , adj.
/meel/ , n.
1. a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
2. any ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this.
[ bef. 900; ME mele, OE melu; c. G Mehl, D meel, ON mjol; akin to Goth malan, L molere to grind. See MILL 1 ]