Abandons shouted meals (8)
I believe the answer is:
desserts
'meals' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'abandons shouted' is the wordplay.
'abandons' becomes 'deserts ' ('desert' can be a synonym of 'abandon').
'shouted' shows a homophone (sound like) (how the word might sound if shouted).
'deserts' sounds like 'DESSERTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for desserts that I've seen before include "That may be cobblers" , "Puddings" , "Sweets" , "Sweet courses of meal" , "Final courses" .)