Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A substantial, nourishing meal.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic A satisfying meal, especially suitable for one performing physical labor.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a substantial and nourishing meal
Examples
“Hayyeh had doubtless gone without a square meal in months.”
“Also that it was Mrs Dunwoody’s belief that Mrs Holland lived on air, for a square meal she had never seen on her table, only bread-and-butter and fried fish and such-like rubbish.”
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