Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Meal. A meal is an instance of eating, specifically one that takes place at a specific time and includes specific, prepared food. Meals occur primarily at homes, restaurants, and cafeterias, but may occur anywhere.
An en dash (â) is most commonly used to indicate a range of numbers. It is longer than a hyphen although a hyphen with spaces surrounding it can be used if a dash is not available. In Microsoft Word, doing this will automatically change the hyphen into an en dash. (Example: August 13âAugust 18, or pages 29â349. Note that there should be no space around the en dash.)
Dashes and hyphens. The common âhyphenâ. The character commonly known as hyphen originated in early typewriters. The character repertoire had to be kept small, so several characters such as hyphen, en dash, em dash, and minus sign were lumped together. In modern character code standards, the character is called âhyphen-minusâ to reflect its ambiguity, but itâs really more ambiguous than the name suggests.