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mealtime

mealtime noun: the appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.

Noun

mealtime (countable and uncountable, plural mealtimes)

  1. The appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.
    • My youngest son has a special cry for mealtimes.
    • Since mealtime has been the traditional setting for family interaction, Tending the Family Tree is structured to simulate that setting. We suggest that the sessions be scheduled during mealtime when the group can eat, discuss, and worship together.1982, Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen, “[Introduction] Brief Description of the Course”, in Tending the Family Tree: A Family-centered, Bible-based Experience for Church Groups, Minneapolis, Minn.: Winston...
    Synonyms:
    mealtide

mealtime meaning in Punjabi and Persian

mealtime in Punjabi

mealtime
ਡੰਗ ḍaṅg

mealtime in Persian

time at which a meal is eaten
وعده غذا va'de-ye ġazâ

Examples of mealtime in a sentence

  • Parents have been entertaining their children at mealtime with alphabet soup since the nineteenth century.
  • They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
  • Twelve hours after the start of the day, including mealtime, golden time, or double time, begins.

All 12 example sentences with mealtime

Synonyms of mealtime

Forms of mealtime

pluralmealtimes

Origin of mealtime

From Middle English meeltime, from Old English mǣltīma (“mealtime”), equivalent to meal + time. Compare mealtide, Old English mǣltīd (“mealtime”), Dutch maaltijd (“meal”), German Mahlzeit (“meal, mealtime”), Danish måltid (“meal, mealtime”), Icelandic máltíð (“meal”), Icelandic matmálstími (“mealtime”).

Questions about mealtime

What does mealtime mean?
Mealtime means the appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten.
What is mealtime in Punjabi?
Mealtime in Punjabi is ਡੰਗ (ḍaṅg). See Mealtime meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is mealtime?
Mealtime is a noun.
What is the plural of mealtime?
The plural of mealtime is mealtimes.

Words near mealtime in the dictionary

  1. meals on wheels
  2. mealsful
  3. Mealsgate
  4. mealtide
  5. mealtides
  6. mealtime
  7. mealtimes
  8. mealware
  9. mealworm
  10. mealworm beetle
  11. mealworm beetles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mealtime (page history and authors); ਡੰਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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