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foremeal

foremeal noun: a meal eaten early or prior to some other activity.

Noun

foremeal (countable and uncountable, plural foremeals)

  1. A meal eaten early or prior to some other activity.
    • In other words, this fore-meal must be allowed and practised, he insists that it shall be so regulated as not to give rise to the evils of which he complains. But does Paul in fact approve of this fore-meal at all?1849, James Austin Bastow, A Biblical Dictionary
    • As this feeding experiment <>, we have developed the following method: before a meal, a so-called foremeal is given, consisting of propeptans (these are specially prepared, decomposed foods of the same sort) whereby the effects of the suspected food are completely nullified.1934, Ars Medici: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Forms of foremeal

pluralforemeals
alternative formfore-meal

Origin of foremeal

From fore- + meal.

Questions about foremeal

What does foremeal mean?
Foremeal means a meal eaten early or prior to some other activity.
What part of speech is foremeal?
Foremeal is a noun.
What is the plural of foremeal?
The plural of foremeal is foremeals.

Words near foremeal in the dictionary

  1. foremastmen
  2. foremasts
  3. foremath
  4. foremaths
  5. forematter
  6. foremeal
  7. foremeals
  8. foremeaning
  9. foremeanings
  10. foremeant
  11. foremen

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