Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ready meal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables
ready meal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prepackaged, fresh or frozen meal that only requires heating (often in a microwave) before being served, sometimes in its own packaging.

Inflected Forms

ready meals (plural) ready-meal (alternative)

Phrases

frozen dinner heat-and-eat microwave meal oven-ready shake and bake TV dinner

Frequently Paired Words

frozen dinner heat-and-eat microwave meal oven-ready shake and bake TV dinner

Questions

What does ready meal mean?
A prepackaged, fresh or frozen meal that only requires heating (often in a microwave) before being served, sometimes in its own packaging.

How to pronounce ready meal

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