Meaning

1 senses
  1. The largest and most substantial meal of the day, usually featuring a primary dish or main course that serves as the focus of the meal. It is often a sit-down occasion, typically eaten in the evening or midday.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. We usually have our main meal of the day in the evening.

  2. Lunch is the warm main meal.

    deDas Mittagessen ist die warme Hauptmahlzeit. — list

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  3. Iranians used to eat their main meal with yoghurt.

  4. The main meal of the day consisted of five dishes.

    deDie Hauptmahlzeit des Tages bestand aus fünf Gängen. — al_ex_an_der

  5. What, you decided to have takoyaki as one of your main set meal items?

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Forms

plural: main meals
Singularmain meal
Pluralmain meals

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See also

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