meal time

When you eat

Meal time is when a meal is customarily eaten—breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

The term implies regularity and routine: The whole family gathers at meal time.

Also spelled as one word, mealtime.

Opposites
eating schedule

meal timefasting period

Duration of voluntary hunger

fasting · fast · starvation · abstinence · intermittent fasting

activity type

meal timeworking hours

Scheduled time for labor

labor · work shift · bedtime

eating formality

meal timesnack break

Brief pause for eating

grazing · nibbling · mindless eating · quick bite

Family

mealtime

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G