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.)
I use the en and em dashes in Windows by typing ALT 0150 and ALT 0151, and it seems to work everywhere â even in comments. (Actually, I just compared the two here and they seem to be the same N length. Hmmm...). Anyway, thanks for this site. I'm a grammar nerd at heart, I just don't have time to pursue it. Love what you're doing here, keep it up! ReplyDelete. September 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM. For MAC users: You can get the En Dash by holding the option key and press the hyphen key, for the Em Dash hold down the option and shift keys and press the hyphen key.