A1noun · countable / uncountable · common

meal

meal · meals

їжа, страва, борошно, мука

еда, пища, мука, угощенье

Essen, Mahlzeit, Mehl, Schrot

Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a…Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.

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/ˈmiːl/

» Thank you for the wonderful meal.

Danke für das wunderbare Essen.

Спасибо за чудесную еду.

Дякую за чудову їжу.

Meaning

9 senses

(countable)Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
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.
Mahlzeit, Essen
еда́jedá, пи́щаpíšča, снедьsnedʹ
ї́жаjíža, стра́ваstráva
the food served and eaten at one time
(countable)Food served or eaten as a repast.
a1450, The Macro Playsː If thou wilt fare well at meat and meal, come and follow me.
(informal, uncountable)A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
(countable, uncountable)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).
Mehl, Schrot
мука́muká
бо́рошноbórošno, мука́muká
(countable, uncountable)Any of various similarly granular materials prepared from other sources, such as bones or wood.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various other granular or powdery materials, either ground by humans or occurring in nature, named figuratively after a resemblance to grain meal.
(UK, dialectal)A speck or spot.
A part; a fragment; a portion.
(countable, obsolete)A time or an occasion.
a1450, Henry Lovelich, The History of the Holy Grailː Which was to them a sorry meal.
a1450, Henry Lovelich, Merlinː Also soon as the dragons together feal, betwixt them shall begin a sorry meal.

Examples

1095 sentences

Thank you for the wonderful meal.
Дякую за чудову їжу.
ruСпасибо за чудесную еду.
deDanke für das wunderbare Essen.
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Brush your teeth after each meal.
Чисти зуби після кожного прийому їжі.
ruЧисти зубы после каждого приема пищи.
dePutze deine Zähne nach jeder Mahlzeit.
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My friends treated me to a meal.
Друзі пригостили мене обідом.
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You should wash your hands before each meal.
Треба мити руки перед їдою.
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Thanks for the meal.
Дякую за їжу.
ruСпасибо за угощение!
deDanke für das Essen.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

food that is prepared and eaten:

coarse-ground edible part of various grains:

Русский

By meaning 2

food that is prepared and eaten:

coarse-ground edible part of various grains:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

food that is prepared and eaten:

coarse-ground edible part of various grains:

Origin

From Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time fo

From Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”).

Variation of mole (compare Scots mail), from Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl, mǣl (“spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“wrinkle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). More at mole.

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