Plural of meal
regular plural
The plural of meal is meals.
Forms of meal
| Singular | meal /ˈmiːl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | meals |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Meals in a sentence
- Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172
- It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.From the entry square
- Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.From the entry cookery
- Three square meals a day should give you plenty of energy.From the entry square meal
- Meals on early space flights were bare-bones affairs; able to supply nutrition, but severely lacking in palatability.From the entry bare-bones
Meaning of meal
- noun Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- noun Food served or eaten as a repast.
- noun A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
Questions about the plural of meal
- What is the plural of meal?
- The plural of meal is meals.
- Is meal countable?
- Meal is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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