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SQUARE MEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does square meal mean? 

SQUARE MEAL (noun)
  The noun SQUARE MEAL has 1 sense:

1. a substantial and nourishing mealplay

  Familiarity information: SQUARE MEAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SQUARE MEAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A substantial and nourishing meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

he seldom got three square meals a day

Hypernyms ("square meal" is a kind of...):

meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)


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