meal - the edible part of a grain or pulse (excluding wheat) ground to a coarse powder, used chiefly as animal food, flour - a powder, which may be either fine or coarse, prepared by shifting and grinding the meal of a grass, esp. wheat, Fish meal is coarsely ground powder made from the cooked flesh of fish, now primarily used in animal feed. To be processed into meal, chopped fish is forced by screw conveyor through long steam cookers. The cooked mash is then pressed to remove water and oil (which quickly spoils during storage). The pressed fish cakes are dried by hot air, yielding a meal that is high in vitamin B{sub 12} and contains as much as 50 percent protein., teravilja jahvatamisel saadud peeneteraline toiduaine; üldisemalt ka mõnest taimsest, loomsest või mineraalsest toorainest saadud pulbriline või teraline toode (nt. kalajahu, kartulijahu, kondijahu, fosforiidijahu)