OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5617

meal

/miːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comida • condumio • pitanza • vianda
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.
c1450, Secreta Secretorumː He that will cast meal upon meal is not able to have (a) long life.
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📚 noun • entry_id 5618

meal

/miːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
harina
The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from b…
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