square meal
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square meal
- /skwɛə ˈmiːl/ UK
- /skwɛː-/ UK
- /skwɛɚ ˈmil/ US
Rhymes with -iːl
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From square (“hearty, vigorous”) + meal;
noun square meals
- A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour. Three square meals a day should give you plenty of energy.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see square, meal. [Figure 2.5] Simulation of overheating effects for two meals of different geometries […] Left: square meal (13 cm × 13 cm with corner diameter 2 cm and height 6 cm).
