Definition of "mealtime" []

• The usual time for eating a meal. (noun)

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• "The top-ranked senior cadet announces every alumni war death at mealtime from a balcony in the cavernous dining room of Washington Hall."
• "The mealtime should be the happiest hour of the day."
• "Earlier cross-sectional studies found that childhood overweight and maternal distress were coexisting, and explained by stressful family interactions such as mealtime difficulties in families with overweight children or adolescents"