meal

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/miːl/

名詞

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food for eating at a particular time (e.g., dinner)

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After a long day at work, she looked forward to a hot home-cooked meal.

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意味（1）

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.

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意味（2）

(countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.

If thou wilt fare well at meat and meal, come and follow me.

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意味（3）

(uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.

They [tape recorders] can be turned off while officers are on meal or in the car to protect their private conversations […]

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意味（4）

(obsolete) A time or an occasion.

Ye wolde wepe at every mele; But for my sone wepe ye never a dele. You would weep at every meal, but for my son you never weep a deal.

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meals （ plural ）