mealtime
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- noun
- /ˈmiːlˌtaɪm/
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hora de comer
- Their legs swung briskly under the chairs, and the long tables reminded Rod incongruously of mealtimes at the Guard Academy.
- mealtime preparation
Examples
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Mind you, he ate a lot at mealtime.
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Dad placed a great deal of importance on mealtime.
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Again, I always cook more than we need so that mealtime is quick and simple for the next day.
Blog text (1) -
Have you found ways to enjoy mealtime in spite of it?
Blog text (18) -
Same as usual, Mrs. Amen said the mealtime prayer.
Fiction book (1996) -
Studies show that eating less at mealtimes can help you weigh less.
Blog text (9) -
The closest they ever got was during mealtimes when my sister sat across from Mom at the dinner table.
Fiction book (1995) -
My father used to read the Bible to us at mealtimes and sometimes at bedtime.
Blog text (2) -
For many families with school-aged children, the dreadful question during mealtime is chicken fingers or hot dogs?
Blog text (17) -
Every evening, the family gathers around the table for mealtime to share stories from their day.
Synonyms
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The time when people eat a meal
How Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mealtime is the joining of meal and time. Meal means 'food you eat' and time means 'when something happens', so mealtime is the usual 'time to eat'.