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.)
On the other hand, the hyphen is used to join two different words in order to create a compound word. It is also used to incorporate an independent clause, or an appositive, within a sentence, in order to separate this from the rest of the sentence.here are actually three types of lines: the hyphen, en dash and the em dash. They are also three different lengths. Type these on the computer using the dash key and you will see. The em dash is used to separate a thought in a sentence.