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 cooker, teravilja jahvatamisel saadud peeneteraline toiduaine; üldisemalt ka mõnest taimsest, loomsest või mineraalsest toorainest saadud pulbriline või teraline toode (nt. kalajahu, kartulijahu, kondijahu, f