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meal2

Pronunciation: /miːl/

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Definition of meal

noun

[mass noun]

the edible part of any grain or pulse ground to powder: she called to Judith to bring some meal for the hens
Scottish oatmeal.
US maize flour.
any powdery substance made by grinding:herring meal

Origin:

Old English melu, meolo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meel and German Mehl, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin molere 'to grind'