(n.) A part; a fragment; a portion.
(n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the
satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with
the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a
meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was
silence during the meal.
(n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and
unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.;
sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
(n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not
granulated.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
(v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
