Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - meal
Meal
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1. n. 1 an occasion when food is eaten. 2 the food eaten on one occasion. Phrases and idioms make a meal of 1 treat (a task etc.) too laboriously or fussily. 2 consume as a meal. meals on wheels Brit. a service by which meals are delivered to old people, invalids, etc. meal-ticket 1 a ticket entitling one to a meal, esp. at a specified place with reduced cost. 2 a person or thing that is a source of food or income. Etymology: OE m{aelig}l mark, fixed time, meal f. Gmc 2. n. 1 the edible part of any grain or pulse (usu. other than wheat) ground to powder. 2 Sc. oatmeal. 3 US maize flour. 4 any powdery substance made by grinding. Phrases and idioms meal-beetle an insect, Tenebrio molitor, infesting granaries etc. meal-worm the larva of the meal-beetle. Etymology: OE melu f. Gmc
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I. noun see: measure Date: before 12th century an act or the time of eating a portion of food to satisfy appetite, the portion of food eaten at a ~, II. noun Etymology: Middle English mele, from Old English melu; akin to Old High German melo ~, Latin molere to grind, Greek mylē mill Date: before 12th century the usually coarsely ground and unbolted seeds of a cereal grass or pulse, a product resembling seed ~ especially in particle size or texture ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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