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The synonyms of “Meal” are: repast, snack
Meal as a Noun
Definitions of "Meal" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “meal” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- The food served and eaten at one time.
- The food eaten during a meal.
- Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten.
- Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.
- Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times.
Synonyms of "Meal" as a noun (2 Words)
repast | The food served and eaten at one time. A sumptuous repast. |
snack | A sexually attractive person. It ll be a snack. |
Usage Examples of "Meal" as a noun
- The evening meal.
- A bar serving light meals.
Associations of "Meal" (30 Words)
appetizer | A small dish of food or a drink taken before a meal or the main course of a meal to stimulate one’s appetite. The afternoon games served as an appetizer for the evening s heavyweight clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. |
appetizing | Stimulating one’s appetite. The appetizing aroma of sizzling bacon. |
breakfast | Eat breakfast. I don t eat breakfast. |
brunch | Combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning. Breakfast was served so late as almost to constitute brunch. |
delectable | Capable of arousing desire. The delectable Ms Davis. |
delicious | Highly pleasant to the taste. Delicious home baked brown bread. |
dessert | A dish served as the last course of a meal. A dessert of chocolate mousse. |
eat | Eat a meal take a meal. I didn t eat yet so I gladly accept your invitation. |
flavor | Lend flavor to. |
flavour | A substance used to alter or enhance the taste of food or drink a flavouring. Whitewashed walls and red roof tiles gave the resort a Mediterranean flavour. |
food | Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. They had eaten their food and slept. |
lunch | Eat lunch. A lunch meeting. |
luncheon | A formal lunch, or a formal word for lunch. A ladies luncheon was taking place. |
luscious | Very sexually attractive. The luscious brush strokes and warm colours of these late masterpieces. |
palatable | (of food or drink) pleasant to taste. A device that made increased taxation more palatable. |
partake | Consume. Visitors can partake in golfing or clay pigeon shooting. |
pasta | A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient. |
postprandial | Following a meal (especially dinner. We were jolted from our postprandial torpor. |
refreshment | A light snack or drink. An ample supply of liquid refreshment. |
repast | A meal. A sumptuous repast. |
sauce | Provide a sauce for something season with a sauce. None of your sauce said Aunt Edie. |
savor | Give taste to. Savor the soup. |
savory | Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees. A past that was scarcely savory. |
snack | Eat a snack. It ll be a snack. |
starter | Denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc. The starter motor. |
supper | A light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime. We had a delicious cold supper. |
tang | A tart spicy quality. His words came out with a distinct tang of broad Lancashire. |
vegetarian | Relating to vegetarians or vegetarianism. A vegetarian restaurant. |
zesty | Marked by spirited enjoyment. |