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daymeal

daymeal noun: a meal during the day (as opposed to night), usually at or about midday.

Noun

daymeal (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A meal during the day (as opposed to night), usually at or about midday.
    • The glare softened, "Today the daymeal is to be broth and tatties and cheese. And I am thinking now that ye all know these solid, good things better than Raymie could pick out a raider in an empty room, drunk or sober."2006, Patrick Cave, Sharp North
    • "During the day meals, we eat together as families. But the evening meal is when any business will be discussed so Rangers eat at the center tables and their families to the side."2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge
    Synonyms:
    lunch

Synonyms of daymeal

Forms of daymeal

alternative formday-meal
alternative formday meal

Origin of daymeal

Perhaps a continuation of Old English dæġmǣl, or alternatively borrowed from Old Norse dagmál (“a division of the day around 8 or 9 a.m.; breakfast-time”), equivalent to day + meal. Compare also Old English dæġmete.

Questions about daymeal

What does daymeal mean?
Daymeal means a meal during the day (as opposed to night), usually at or about midday.
What part of speech is daymeal?
Daymeal is a noun.

Words near daymeal in the dictionary

  1. daymaring
  2. daymark
  3. daymarker
  4. daymarkers
  5. daymarks
  6. daymeal
  7. daymen
  8. Dayna
  9. Dayne
  10. Daynes
  11. daynightmare

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