main meal
Day's biggest eating
The main meal is the largest or most substantial meal of the day.
For most people this is dinner or supper, though in some households or regions the main meal falls at midday: Sunday's main meal was always at two o'clock.
The term distinguishes from lighter eating—breakfast, snacks, or quick lunches.
- tiffinLight midday meal
- dinnerPrimary evening meal
- bentoJapanese compartmentalized lunchbox
- breakfastDay's first eating
- Sunday roastWeekly British dinner tradition
Sunday lunch · thali · mezze · eat · smörgåsbord · entree · meat and potatoes · potluck dinner · brunch · repast · supper · family dinner · formal dining · food · filling · tea · satisfying · nourishing
meal significance/substantiality
main mealsnack
Light between-meal fare
nibbles · light snack · nibble · light meal · quick bite