- meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
--1 is a kind of nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars:course; dish; helping, portion, serving; side dish, entremots; sandwich mess; square meal; potluck; refection; breakfast; brunch; lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner; tea, afternoon tea, teatime; dinner; supper; buffet; picnic; bite, collation, snack; nosh-up; ploughman's lunch; banquet, feast, spread - meal - any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
--2 is a kind of occasion
- meal - coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
--3 is a kind of foodstuff, food product
--3 has particulars:kibble; cornmeal, Indian meal; farina; matzo meal, matzoh meal, matzah meal; oatmeal, rolled oats; pea flour - meal - coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse