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-meal

adverb combining form

Definition of -MEAL

:  by a (specified) portion or measure at a time <piecemeal>
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Origin of -MEAL

Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum, from mǣlum, dative plural of mǣl

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39 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. -meal
  2. meal
  3. meal beetle
  4. meal moth
  5. meal-mouthed
  6. meal offering
  7. meal pennant
  8. meal plum
  9. meal ticket
  10. alfalfa meal
  11. almond meal
  12. blood meal
  13. bore meal
  14. cob meal
  15. coconut meal
  16. cod-liver meal
  17. copra meal
  18. corn gluten meal
  19. cottonseed meal
  20. fish meal
  21. glacial meal
  22. gluten meal
  23. Indian meal
  24. Indian meal moth
  25. leaf meal
  26. linseed meal
  27. meat meal
  28. mowrah meal
  29. oil meal
  30. rapeseed meal
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