The regular time of day when people eat a meal together, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Compound of 'meal' (from Old English 'mæl' meaning a fixed time) and 'time.' The word reflects the importance of scheduled eating in daily life.
Before clocks and schedules, 'mealtime' was when the church bells rang—families didn't eat 'at 6 PM' but 'at mealtime,' showing how food structured society before modern timekeeping!
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