n. | 1. | A part; a fragment; a portion. |
| 1. | The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal. |
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| 1. | Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse. |
| 2. | Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. |
v. t. | 1. | To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. |
| 2. | To pulverize; as, mealed powder. |