Study a few eating starter in meal - this maybe?
I believe the answer is:
consomme
'this maybe?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'study a few eating starter in meal' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'con' (con can informally mean to study).
'a few' becomes 'some' (both can mean a small amount of something).
'eating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'starter in' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'meal' is 'm'.
'some' going around 'm' is 'somme'.
'con'+'somme'='CONSOMME'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for consomme that I've seen before include "stock product" , "Clear soup made with concentrated stock" , "starter course" , "Scone, mom eaten with soup" , "Liquid food" .)