meals

  • 1meals — Of great importance in Israel: if two strangers met in the desert and shared a meal, an unbreakable bond was established. Often meals were vegetarian, and meat (but only from animals prescribed in Lev. 11 as clean [[➝ clean and unclean]]) could… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 2meals — Americans and British people generally eat three meals a day though the names vary according to people’s lifestyles and where they live.   The first meal of the day is breakfast. The traditional full English breakfast served in many British… …

    Universalium

  • 3Meals —    Are at the present day eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross legged on mats or small carpets in a circle, and dipping their fingers into one large dish heaped with a mixture of boiled rice and other grain… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 4meals on wheels — meals on wheels, meals on wheels meals on wheels . A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5meals-on-wheels — meals on wheels, meals on wheels meals on wheels . A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Meals on Wheels — n. an agency or service that delivers cooked meals to disabled people and senior citizens in their homes: also meals on wheels n …

    English World dictionary

  • 7meals-on-wheels — n a service run by the government in Britain in which hot meals are taken to old or sick people in their homes …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8meals on wheels — noun uncount a service that brings cooked meals to the homes of people who are too old or sick to cook for themselves …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9Meals on Wheels — En EE.UU., programa diseñado para proporcionar comidas calientes a ancianos, discapacitados físicos y a otras personas que carecen de recursos para proporcionarse ellos mismos una nutrición adecuada con alimentos calientes a diario. Diccionario… …

    Diccionario médico

  • 10meals on wheels — meals delivered to old people or invalids who cannot cook for themselves. → meal …

    English new terms dictionary