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night meal

night meal noun: a meal eaten at night; a late supper.

Noun

night meal (plural night meals)

  1. A meal eaten at night; a late supper.
    • Hippolyte appreciates Delphine's erotic tutelage […] but feels anxious and dyspeptic, as if she has eaten too rich a night meal.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
    Synonyms:
    supper-time

Synonyms of night meal

Forms of night meal

pluralnight meals
alternative formnight-meal
alternative formnightmeal

Origin of night meal

From night + meal.

Questions about night meal

What does night meal mean?
Night meal means a meal eaten at night; a late supper.
What part of speech is night meal?
Night meal is a noun.
What is the plural of night meal?
The plural of night meal is night meals.

Words near night meal in the dictionary

  1. night lizard
  2. night lizards
  3. night man
  4. night market
  5. night markets
  6. night meal
  7. night meals
  8. night men
  9. night mode
  10. night monkey
  11. night monkeys

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