meal
/miːl/
US pronunciation
American sound/miːl/
meal
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US voice -> meal
Myanmar meaning
(n) အစားအစာ
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(က) နေ့လယ်စာ၊ ညစာ စသည် စားခြင်း။ the midday/ evening meal ❍ Don't eat between meals.
(ခ) ယင်းအခါ စားသောအစာ။ a meal of chicken and rice ❍ eat a big meal ❍ a three-course meal.
❏ make a meal of sth [IDM ] (infml ) ခရု ခါးတောင်းကျိုက် ဖမ်းသည်။ She always makes such a meal of it—I could do it in half the time!
❏ meals- on- wheels n [pl] အစားအစာများကို သက်ကြီး ရွယ်အို (သို့) မကျန်းမာသူတို့ထံ အိမ်တိုင်ရာရောက် ကားဖြင့် ဆောင်ကြဉ်းပေးသော ဝန်ဆောင်မှုလုပ်ငန်း။
❏ meal- ticket n
၁။ (infml) [ ဥ ] ဝေဿန္တရာ။ There were times when he suspected he was just a meal-ticket to her.
၂။ (US ) = LUNCHEON VOUCHER
(ပြောင်း၊ အုတ် ဂျုံ စသည်) အမှုန့်။ oatmeal. See also WHOLEMEAL
More examples
- The medicine should always be taken with meals.
- What do you call your evening meal?
- [go out for a meal] : We could see a film or go out for a meal.
- [main meal] : Dinner is usually our main meal, except on Sundays.
- I’m not hungry, I had a big meal at lunchtime.
- An Indian meal
- [cook/prepare/make a meal] : He cooked us a delicious meal.
Synonyms
serving of food, something to eat, snack, food, repast, Hoover, banquet, blue plate, board, breakfast, breakfast time, brunch, buffet, carryout, chow, chow down, chow time, collation, consume, cookout, dessert, din-din, dinner, dinnertime, downs, eats, exist on, fare, feast, feed, feed on, grub, have a bite, live on, lunch, luncheon, lunchtime, mealtime, mess, munchies, partake of, partaking of, pasturing, picnic, potluck, refection, refreshment, regalement, snacking, special, spread, square meal, stuff one's face, supper, suppertime, swilling, table, take, take nourishment, taking nourishment, tea, teatime, together banquet, toss down
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