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meal (1)

meal [ meel ] (plural meals)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. food eaten at one time: a substantial amount of food, often more than one course, that is provided and eaten at one time

2. time for eating food: any occasion, e.g. breakfast or lunch, when a substantial amount of food is provided and eaten

[ Old English mǣl "measure, mealtime" < Germanic]

make a meal of something 

1. 
to put more time or effort into something than is usual or necessary
 

2. 
to exaggerate the importance, intensity, or severity of something


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