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Word entry · 4 letters

meal

Best crossword clue

"Breakfast or dinner"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈmiːl/Part of speech nounSorted aelmStarts with MEnds with L6 cluesVery common crossword word
1M2E3A4L

Definitions

  1. coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

Word origin

From Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Used in a sentence

  • Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.
  • c1450, Secreta Secretorumː He that will cast meal upon meal is not able to have (a) long life.
  • c1500, The King and the Hermitː I have been there and taken deal / And have had many (a) merry meal.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Breakfast or dinner4 letters
02Breakfast or dinner event4 letters
03Breakfast or supper4 letters
04Food served together4 letters
05Lunch or supper4 letters
06Time to eat4 letters

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