hearty meal
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈhɑrti mil/
:
comida abundante
- After a long day of hiking, we enjoyed a hearty meal of grilled chicken and roasted vegetables.
- make a hearty meal
- prepare a hearty meal
- ate a hearty meal
These flavors go great with any hearty meal and meat you may be serving.
- These flavors go great with any hearty meal and meat you may be serving.
- It's winter, of course, and these flavors happen to go great with any hearty meal and meat that you may be serving.
- But if it was like a hearty meal or like particular food, I think I would say Chinese.
Examples
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She unloaded the groceries, fed Tray, and fixed a hearty meal for herself.
Fiction book (1995) -
Sadly, my stew was not quite as good as it normally is, but it was still a hearty meal on a blustery and rainy autumn day.
Blog text (23) -
What we all need is a good hearty meal.
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Need a warm and hearty meal for cool nights in the fall?
Blog text (11) -
We had prepared a hearty meal of sage hen, and we finished off with a cake made from the last of the precious chocolate brought from Iowa.
Fiction book (1997) -
Mother McCrone's words were indeed an invitation to dine, and the travelers sat down to a plain but hearty meal.
Fiction book (2000) -
They fixed themselves a hearty meal and lounged on the open deck, eating and passing around a pipe of shag.
Fiction book (1994) -
She fed a parade of hungry, surly adolescents hearty meals—not junk food.
Fiction book (2000) -
On cold winter nights, nothing beats a warm, hearty meal like beef stew and fresh bread.
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The family gathered for a hearty meal to celebrate the holiday with plenty of delicious dishes.
Synonyms
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1.9
A large amount of food that makes you feel very full
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2.7
A thick, filling soup with meat and vegetables, often with beans or rice
A large filling meal that gives you energy
A large warm meal that fills you up
Antonyms
Food that is easy to digest and avoids fried or spicy foods for people recovering from illness
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a large and satisfying meal' is directly derivable from combining 'hearty' (satisfying, nourishing) with 'meal' (a food event). This is a regular adjective + noun composition following common cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Hearty meal may come from the old idea that the 'heart' meant 'strength', so hearty described something strong or full. A hearty meal is a meal that fills you up and gives you energy, so it now means a large, satisfying, and filling meal.