any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
source: WordNet 3.0
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
source: WordNet 3.0
A part; a fragment; a portion.
source: Webster 1913
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.
source: Webster 1913
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.
