full meal

collocation in English

meaningsoffullandmeal

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full
adjective
uk
/fʊl/us
/fʊl/
(of a container or a space) holding or containing as much as possible or ...
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meal
noun
uk
/mɪəl/us
/mɪəl/
an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such ...
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(Definition offullandmealfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffull meal

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It is in fact afullmealof subaltern voices.
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None of the young women ate afullmealin the evenings.
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Heavily infected flies had more difficulty in taking afullmealthan flies with lighter infections or uninfected flies.
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It was not intended to cover the cost of afullmeal.
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It certainly was the intention originally that you could get afullmealfor it.
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It often constitutes afullmeal.
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After feeding, flies were dissected, their feeding status recorded (none, partial orfullmealtaken) and the infection level in the gut assessed by haemocytometer counting or light microscopy.
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Not defending a territory would mean that the owner or, in fact, any nectar-feeder, would face the risk of longer foraging bouts until afullmealis completed.
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They are providing modern restaurants at which everything from a quick snack to afullmealcan be supplied.
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Our aim is to secure that workers should take at least onefullmealin the day at their work.
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Afullmealis usually served, and candles are lit.
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Showers typically include food but not afullmeal.
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It means that you do not eat your cake in three or four mouthfuls, but you spread it over afullmeal.
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Afullmealis contained in three envelopes which keep for 36 hours; therefore, they only have to deliver three times a week.
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I am saying that where-ever afullmealhas been replaced by a cafeteria service the numbers have not dramatically changed.
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They have been variously described as, "food and drink of an agreeable nature", or "different from afullmeal—something lighter—a refresher".
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The train had two kitchens, and afullmealservice was provided at every seat.
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Afullmealmay be available for a special price, sometimes called a blue-plate special.
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Sometimes the fast is broken with tea and cake before eating afullmeal.
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We are most happy and good-humored as after afullmeal.
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The passenger can have afullmealwhile on his journey, and he finds it easier to talk to other passengers if he travels by train.
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I suggest that without onefullmealin the middle of the day for the children we cannot possibly hope to make our educational system effective.
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For afullmeal, garri is usually cooked by adding to hot water and kneaded into dough.
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The suggestion that youngsters should be in school from nine in the morning until four at night, nine hours, and not have afullmealis astonishing and apppalling.
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