"square meal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /skwɛə ˈmiːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skwɛː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /skwɛɚ ˈmil/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-square meal.ogg [Australia] Forms: square meals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From square (“hearty, vigorous”) + meal; this sense of square (originally US) is possibly from the fact that square plates were used to serve food on ships. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|square|meal|notext=1|t1=hearty, vigorous|type=endocentric}} square (“hearty, vigorous”) + meal, {{m|en||square}} square Head templates: {{en-noun}} square meal (plural square meals)
  1. (idiomatic) A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Meals Synonyms: square (english: US, elliptical) Related terms: square deal (english: adequate; proper; rhymes and shares a semantic theme of square as and), three squares, packed lunch Translations (complete and satisfying meal): наедак (najedak) [masculine] (Belarusian), 飽餐 (Chinese Mandarin), 饱餐 (bǎocān) (Chinese Mandarin), 美餐 (měicān) (Chinese Mandarin), tõhus söömaaeg (Estonian), reilu ateria (Finnish), bouffe [feminine, informal] (French), boustifaille [feminine, informal] (French), pasto completo [masculine] (Italian), refeição completa (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-square_meal-en-noun-4xQAYczc Disambiguation of Meals: 74 26 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'complete and satisfying meal': 87 13
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see square, meal.
    Sense id: en-square_meal-en-noun-8wCsSU~A

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