Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "meal" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

dinner fast food restaurant plate

Capable Of

appear appetizing include bread include chicken near perfection

Coordinate Terms

flour[Appendix:Glossary

Created By

cook ingredients

Defined As

result of cooking

Derived Terms

Indian meal moth Thomas meal barium meal barleymeal beanmeal bearmeal beremeal bloodmeal bone meal bonemeal box meal branmeal bread meal cat in the meal-tub cheat meal cornmeal cottonseed meal cracker meal daymeal enjoy your meal family meal full-course meal guestmeal happy meal intermeal intrameal last meal leafmeal main meal maizemeal make a meal of make a meal out of malt-o-meal meal deal meal marker meal moth meal prep meal station meal ticket meal voucher meal-mouthed meal-poke mealbag mealer mealie meal mealless mealman mealmonger mealprep mealtide mealtime mealware mealworm mealworm beetle mealy microwave meal midmeal mielie meal milletmeal miss-meal colic mountain meal night meal nonmeal nutmeal oatmeal packed meal peameal peasemeal plate meal postmeal premeal ready meal ricemeal rockmeal ryemeal school meal soymeal speltmeal square meal stonemeal struggle meal undermeal watermeal wheatmeal wholemeal witch-meal woodmeal

Etymologically Related To

mill mole

Context

dialectal uk

Has Property

edible

Part Of (Holonyms)

culture day schedule timetable tradition

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aliment alimentation event food food product foodstuff nourishment nutriment nutrition occasion sustenance victuals

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

afternoon tea andersmeat barbecue breakfast brunch collation dinner lunch luncheon midnight feast midnight snack picnic snack supper tea undermeal undern

Type Of (IsA)

foodstuff nutriment occasion ready to eat food when people eat

Parts (Meronyms)

drink foodstuff

Receives Action

cooked on stove served in restaurant

Related Terms

:Category:Meals chips with everything meat and potatoes meat and three meat and two veg

Related Terms

amount animal breakfast breakfast lunch cereal course defile dinner dinner lunch dinner supper eat eating eating time flour food food course grain lunch lunch dinner measure morning number occasion prepared prepared food repast snack speck spot supper taint time

Similar Terms

flour

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.