mealtide
mealtide · mealtides
The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of foodThe tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, countable, uncountable)The tide or time when one receives their part, portion, or measure of food; the hour for a meal; mealtime.
Origin
From Middle English meeletide, equivalent to meal + -tide (“time, period, hour”). CompareFrom Middle English meeletide, equivalent to meal + -tide (“time, period, hour”). Compare Dutch maaltijd, German Mahlzeit, Icelandic máltíð.
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Forms
plural: mealtidesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable