noun
Refers to the time when a meal is eaten; often used in contexts like 'during mealtime' or 'at mealtime'.
食事時にはテレビを消しましょう。
Let's turn off the TV at mealtime.
このレストランは食事時になると混み合う。
This restaurant gets crowded at mealtimes.
時 is a general word for 'time'; 食事時 is a compound meaning 'mealtime'.
Compound of 食事 (shokuji, 'meal') and 時 (doki, rendaku form of とき, 'time').