mealˈer noun

A person who takes meals at a boarding house, lodging elsewhere

meals on wheels noun

A welfare service taking cooked, usu hot, meals to old people in need of such help

meal ticket noun

1. A ticket that can be exchanged for a meal (esp at reduced price)
2. A person or thing that one depends on for one's expenses or income (informal)
3. Someone who can be depended upon

mealˈ-tide (Scot meltith /melˈtith/ a meal) noun (archaic)

Mealtime

mealˈtime noun

The time at which a meal is regularly taken

make a meal of

1. To consume as a meal
2. To enjoy to the full
3. To treat or perform in an unnecessarily laborious or meticulous way