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meal (2)
meal [ meel ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ground grain: the edible part of a cereal crop that has been ground to a powder
2. ground-up substance: any substance ground to a fine or coarse powder
fish meal
[ Old English melu< Indo-European, "crush, grind"]
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