Mealtime
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten. countable, uncountable
"My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes."
- 2 the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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”).