disapproval If you think someone is taking more time and energy to do something than is necessary, you can say that they are making a meal of it. Lawyers always make such a meal of the simplest little thing
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse the food served and eaten at one time any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
A meal is the food you eat during a meal. The waiter offered him red wine or white wine with his meal see also bone meal
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
A meal is an occasion when people sit down and eat, usually at a regular time. She sat next to him throughout the meal It's rare that I have an evening meal with my children
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
{i} repast; regular time of day when food is eaten; food eaten at regular times during the day; feast; flour, coarsely ground grain