Meal
WordNet
noun
(1) Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
(2) The food served and eaten at one time
(3) Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
Old English mǣl, from Germanic *mēlo-, from Indo-European *mē- ‘to measure’. Cognate with Dutch maal, German Mal ‘time’, Mahl ‘meal’, Swedish mål; and (from Indo-European) with Greek μέτρον, Latin mensus, Russian мера, Lithuanian mẽtas.
Noun
- Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc).