| Engels > Nederlands |
| meal |
| 1. maaltijd |
| Engels > Engels |
| meal |
| 1. n. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack, which is a comparatively small quantity of food). |
| Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal. |
| 2. n. Food served or eaten as a repast. |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A time or an occasion. |
| 4. n. The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour. |
| 5. n. (UK dialectal) A speck or spot. |
| 6. n. A part; a fragment; a portion. |
| 7. v. To defile or taint. |
| Were he meal'd with that / Which he corrects, than were he tyrannous. ― Shakespeare. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
| maaltijd |
| 1. n-m. meal |
| We genoten van een heerlijke maaltijd in het restaurant. - We enjoyed a delicious meal at the restaurant. |
| Tijdens de lunch hebben we altijd een gezamenlijke maaltijd met collega's. - During lunch, we always have a communal meal with colleagues. |
| De studenten koken samen en delen de kosten van de gezamenlijke maaltijden in het studentenhuis. - The students cook together and share the costs of the communal meals in the student house. |
| 2. v. imperative of maaltijden |