plural of meal marker

(medicine) A substance added to food to allow the measurement of how quickly it passes through the segments of the digestive tract.

(idiomatic, transitive) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of. / To eat something as a meal.

A pre-cooked meal that is purchased frozen and then cooked in a microwave oven.

(idiomatic) A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see square, meal.

The residue of ground cottonseed after extraction of cottonseed oil; used as a constituent of oilseed cake

A prepackaged, fresh or frozen meal that only requires heating (often in a microwave) before being served, sometimes in its own packaging.

Alternative spelling of bone meal

Ground bones used as a slow-release fertilizer, especially for bulbs.

A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food. / (idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.