warm meal
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comida caliente
- After a long day at work, I enjoy sitting down to a warm meal with my family.
- a warm meal and a bed
And if you like good soup and warm meals like me, this is perfect to get us through the the winter chill.
- And if you like good soup and warm meals like me, this is perfect to get us through the the winter chill.
Examples
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Anna Kate Twitty, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross, was just on CNN and said the organization has multiple shelters across seven states where evacuees can find "a safe place, a warm meal, and emotional support."
Blog text (22) -
I did not mind the stares, the insults, and the occasional stone, but I have not enjoyed a warm meal or a decent night's rest since we left Arkadia.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'd get off that train when it would stop, I'd go eat a warm meal and sleep in a real bed.
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I figure every creature deserves a warm meal.
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And if you like good soup and warm meals like me, this is perfect to get us through the the winter chill.
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I'm just wondering if you could take me someplace I could get a warm meal.
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After working all day, I know he appreciates coming home to a warm meal and a clean house.
Blog text (4) -
I love those kinds of days; a good warm meal with family on a chilly fall day is so nice!
Blog text (23) -
DENVER (CBS4) -- Thanksgiving is just a few days away, but some may not be able to enjoy a warm meal this holiday.
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On cold winter nights, there's nothing better than sharing a warm meal with friends.
How Warm
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a meal that is heated and typically comforting' is directly and predictably composed from 'warm' (moderately high in temperature/comforting) and 'meal' (food event). This adjective+noun combination follows a basic, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Warm meal comes from the simple image of a plate of food that is warm, or heated, and ready to eat, and where meal means the food you eat at a time. So it means 'a meal that is heated and comforting'.