microwavemeal

noun
UK /ˈmaɪkrəweɪv miːl/
US /ˈmaɪkrəweɪv miːl/

A microwavemeal is food you heat up quickly in a microwave.

He ate a microwavemeal for lunch because he was in a hurry.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A packaged single-serving dish designed to be cooked in a microwave oven.

The supermarket aisle was full of microwavemeals.

3. A quick, hastily prepared meal heated in a microwave.

Dinner was just a microwavemeal after a long day.

4. Informal: any food reheated rather than freshly cooked.

He called the leftovers a microwavemeal.