Meanings
plural square meals
- idiomaticA (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.
Three square meals a day should give you plenty of energy.
Synonyms: square
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see square, meal.
[Figure 2.5] Simulation of overheating effects for two meals of different geometries […] Left: square meal (13 cm × 13 cm with corner diameter 2 cm and height 6 cm).
2020, B. Wäppling Raaholt, “Influence of food geometry and dielectric properties on heating performance”, in Ulrich Erle, Peter Pesheck, Matthew Lorence, editors, Development of Packaging and Products for Use in Microwave Ovens, Woodhead Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 82
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.
Origin
From square (“hearty, vigorous”) + meal;
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan àpat complet
- àpat completcomplete and satisfying meal
Chinese Mandarin 飽餐 /饱餐, 美餐
- 飽餐 /饱餐 (bǎocān)complete and satisfying meal
- 美餐 (měicān)complete and satisfying meal
Estonian tõhus söömaaeg
- tõhus söömaaegcomplete and satisfying meal
Finnish reilu ateria
- reilu ateriacomplete and satisfying meal
French bouffe, boustifaille
- bouffecomplete and satisfying meal
- boustifaillecomplete and satisfying meal
Italian pasto completo
- pasto completocomplete and satisfying meal
Polish pełny posiłek
- pełny posiłekcomplete and satisfying meal
Portuguese refeição completa
- refeição completacomplete and satisfying meal
Romanian masă consistentă
- masă consistentăcomplete and satisfying meal
Spanish comida abundante
- comida abundantecomplete and satisfying meal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with square meal
Cite this entry
square meal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20meal
“square meal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20meal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “square meal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/square%20meal.
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