The Meaning of meal

• (n.) A part; a fragment; a portion.
• (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
• (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
• (n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
• (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
• (v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.

Synonyms

repast

Homophones

mael , meehl , mele , miele

Rhymes

abele , adriel , anneal , appeal , audiophile , automobile , averill , azbill , beal , beale , beall , becerril , beel , beil , biehl , biel , bleil , bookmobile , brasil , brazeal , braziel , briel , camille , cartwheel , cecile , cele , chmiel , conceal , congeal , corneal , corniel , cornmeal , creel , deahl , deal , deale , deel , diehl , diel , eel , emil , emile , enrile , ezekiel , feel , feil , ferrill , flywheel , freel , friel , genteel , giel , gilles , glockenspiel , havill , heal , heel , ideal , ifil , ifill , immobile , jabril , jarriel , keal , keel , keele , kiehl , kiel , kneale , kneel , leal , lille , lucille , maciel , macneal , macneil , macneill , madill , mcdeal , mcgreal , mcneel , mcneil , mcneill , mcniel , mczeal , meehl , mele , mendivil , menil , miele , morrill , neal , neall , neel , neil , neile , neill , nevil , newsreel , niel , oatmeal , oldsmobile , oneal , oneil , oneill , ordeal , peal , peale , peel , peele , piecemeal , piel , pierceall , pospisil , puerile , real , reel , repeal , reseal , reveal , riehl , riel , savill , scheel , scheele , schiel , seal , seale , seel , shaquille , shiel , skeel , smeal , snowmobile , spiel , squeal , steal , steel , steele , steil , stele , stiehl , surreal , tarheel , teal , teale , teall , teel , teele , theall , theel , treadwheel , unreal , unseal , vandriel , vanheel , vantil , vasil , veal , veale , verrill , viel , viele , villamil , villarreal , weil , wheel , zavadil , zeal , zele