meal

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♦ meal /m'iːl/ (meals)
1 [N-COUNT]
A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time.
She sat next to him throughout the meal...
It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children.
2 [N-COUNT]
A meal is the food you eat during a meal.
The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal...
3
see also bone meal
4 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they are making a meal of it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing.
5 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you have a square meal, you have a large healthy meal.bone meal
also bonemeal
[N-UNCOUNT]
Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.meal tick|et
also meal-ticket
[N-SING] usu a N
If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.
His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life...
I don't intend to be a meal-ticket for anyone.ready meal (ready meals)
[N-COUNT]
Ready meals are complete meals that are sold in shops. They are already prepared and you need only heat them before eating them.square meal (square meals)
[N-COUNT]
A square meal is a meal which is big enough to satisfy you.
They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.

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