mealtime

[ meel-tahym ]

noun
  1. the usual time for a meal.

Origin of mealtime

1
First recorded in 1125–75, mealtime is from the Middle English word meeltyme.See meal1, time

Words Nearby mealtime

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How to use mealtime in a sentence

  • In many ways, what you talk about during shared mealtime (or any time) is more important than what you eat.

  • It was upon my first visit to Florence that the chicken liver pâté quickly became a mealtime staple.

    For the Love of Pâté | Molly Hannon | January 5, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • After a little while Yung Pak got used to these "monkey shines," and he knew that his pet would not stay away long after mealtime.

    Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike
  • The child had not received such universal invitation to chatter at mealtime since she had learned to speak.

    Jaffery | William J. Locke
  • The one kitchen for the whole barracks was a room with a stove and a daily ration of coal to be used at mealtime.

  • We pretended that we were his servants and whenever we thought that it was getting near a mealtime we would read the menu to him.

    Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
  • Rather a strange subject we seem to be on for mealtime, don't we?

    The War-Workers | E.M. Delafield