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means A meal is an occasion of eating, especially a structured portion of food taken at a customary time like breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
from There are actually two old words tangled into one. The 'eating occasion' sense comes from Old English 'mǣl,' which first meant a measure or fixed point in time — a cousin of words for 'measure' and 'mark' across the Germanic family. So a meal was originally an appointed time, and only later the food you ate at it. The other 'meal' — the ground grain in oatmeal — is a separate Old English word 'melu,' related to 'mill' and 'mold' and the idea of grinding to dust. They look identical now, but they arrived by different roads.
- word origin
- meal once meant any appointed time, food optional
- shared chemistry
- eating together synchronizes heart rates and trust
- three myth
- the three-meal day is industrial, not natural law
- royal warning
- medieval breakfast was scorned as gluttony before noon
thanksgiving dinner — annual november 28th feast in the united states featuring turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce
sunday roast — traditional british weekly meal with roasted meat, yorkshire puddings, and vegetables, typically eaten on sundays
christmas dinner — december 25th celebration meal varying by culture: turkey in us, ham in some regions, seafood in others