Meal vs. Feast

Mealnoun

Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

Mealnoun

Food served or eaten as a repast.

Mealnoun

(obsolete) A time or an occasion.

Mealnoun

The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.

Mealnoun

A speck or spot.

Mealnoun

A part; a fragment; a portion.

Mealverb

To yield or be plentiful in meal.

Mealverb

(transitive) To defile or taint.

Mealnoun

A part; a fragment; a portion.

Mealnoun

The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.

Mealnoun

Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.

Mealnoun

Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.

Mealverb

To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.

Mealverb

To pulverize; as, mealed powder.

Mealnoun

the food served and eaten at one time

Mealnoun

any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

Mealnoun

coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

Meal

A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes prepared food. The names used for specific meals in English vary, depending on the speaker's culture, the time of day, or the size of the meal.

Feastnoun

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.

Feastnoun

Something delightful

Feastnoun

A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

Feastverb

(intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.

Feastverb

(intransitive) To dwell upon (something) with delight.

Feastverb

(transitive) To hold a feast in honor of (someone).

Feastverb

To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.

Feastnoun

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

Feastnoun

A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.

Feastnoun

That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.

Feastverb

To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.

Feastverb

To be highly gratified or delighted.

Feastverb

To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.

Feastverb

To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.

Feastnoun

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

Feastnoun

something experienced with great delight;

Feastnoun

a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

Feastnoun

an elaborate party (often outdoors)

Feastverb

partake in a feast or banquet

Feastverb

provide a feast or banquet for

Feastverb

gratify;