"box meal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: box meals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box meal (plural box meals)
  1. A ready meal that is supplied and packaged in a box.
    Sense id: en-box_meal-en-noun-qjYdWvL2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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