Mealtime

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten. countable, uncountable

    "My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes."

  2. 2
    the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten wordnet

Synonyms

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mealtidesuppertime

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"When I was a child, the most painful time of the day was mealtime."

Etymology

From Middle English meeltime, from Old English mǣltīma (“mealtime”), equivalent to meal + time. Compare mealtide, Old English mǣltīd (“mealtime”), Dutch maaltijd (“meal”), German Mahlzeit (“meal, mealtime”), Danish måltid (“meal, mealtime”), Icelandic máltíð (“meal”), Icelandic matmálstími (“mealtime”).

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