square meal

/skwɛər mil/
/skwɛə mɪəl/
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Other forms: square meals

Definitions of square meal
  1. noun
    a substantial and nourishing meal
    “he seldom got three square meals a day”
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    type of:
    meal, repast
    the food served and eaten at one time
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