Noun
しょくじ
今、食事中なので、後でまたかけます。
I’m in the middle of eating a meal, so I’ll call you back later.
どうぞごゆっくりお食事をお楽しみください。
Please relax and enjoy your meal!
もし残りの人生毎日同じ食事しか食べられないとしたら、何を選びますか？
If you could only have one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
The action of eating is when you have your meal.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.