مَأْكَلَةٌ

and ↓ مَأْكُلَةٌ: see أُكُلٌ:

and for the former, see also أُكْلَةٌ, in two places.

Also, both words, i. q. مِيرَةٌ i. e. Corn, or any provision, which a man brings, or purveys, for himself or his family, or for sale]. (K.)

Also used in the sense explained above, voce أُكُلٌ, [as a subst.,] and likewise as an epithet, so that one says شَاةٌ مأكلهٌ [as meaning A sheep, or goat, that is eaten]. (K.)

Both words signify [also] A place whence one eats. (S, O.)

[And hence] one says, اِتَّخَذْتُ فُلَانًا مَأْكَلَةً and مَأْكَلَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [I took for myself such a one as a person from whom to obtain what to eat]. (S, O.)

[The plural is مَاكِلُ: of which see an example voce اكَالٌ.]