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# mealtime

noun (a mealtime, mealtimes)

«mealtime» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A time of day when people eat a meal, such as breakfast, lunch or dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons: family mealtimes, no phones at mealtimes, good manners at mealtimes. In timetables: mealtimes are fixed times. Phrases: at mealtimes, family mealtime.

### Examples

- We don't watch TV at mealtimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#x1)
- Mealtimes in our house are noisy and fun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#x2)
- The dog always waits by the table at mealtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#x3)
- Wash your hands before mealtimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#x4)
- At camp, mealtimes were at eight, twelve and six. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#x5)
- Gran says mealtime is family time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/#x6)

### Note

One word (mealtime). Countable. In maths time problems, mealtimes are clock times, e.g. if lunch is at 12:30 and lasts 45 minutes, it ends at 13:15 (1:15 pm).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mealtime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mealtime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mealtime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mealtime.html) on Mova free.