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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024meal•y (mē′lē),USA pronunciation adj., meal•i•er, meal•i•est. - having the qualities of meal;
powdery;
soft, dry, and crumbly:mealy potatoes; a mealy stone. - Foodof or containing meal;
farinaceous:baked fish with a mealy crust. - covered with or as if with meal or powder:flowers mealy with their pollen.
- flecked as if with meal;
spotty:horses with mealy hides. - pale;
sallow:a mealy complexion. - mealy-mouthed.
meal′i•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mealy /ˈmiːlɪ/ adj (mealier, mealiest)- resembling meal; powdery
- containing or consisting of meal or grain
- sprinkled or covered with meal or similar granules
- (esp of horses) spotted; mottled
- pale in complexion
- short for mealy-mouthed
ˈmealiness n meal1 /mil/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- food served and eaten at one time:The children were served a hot meal.
- one such regular time or occasion for eating:too many snacks between meals.
meal2 /mil/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Fooda coarse powder ground from the seeds of any grain:barley meal.
- Foodany ground substance, as of nuts or seeds.
meal•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est : a mealy taste. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024meal1 (mēl),USA pronunciation n. - the food served and eaten esp. at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- one of these regular occasions or times for eating food.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mǣl measure, fixed time, occasion, meal; cognate with German Mal time, Mahl meal, Old Norse māl, Gothic mēl time, hour
- Fooda coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain:wheat meal; cornmeal.
- Foodany ground or powdery substance, as of nuts or seeds, resembling this.
- bef. 900; Middle English mele, Old English melu; cognate with German Mehl, Dutch meel, Old Norse mjǫl; akin to Gothic malan, Latin molere to grind. See mill1
- a native English combining form, now unproductive, denoting a fixed measure at a time:piecemeal.
- Middle English -mele, Old English -mǣlum, combining form representing mǣl meal1
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