mel

¹ American  

[mel] / mɛl /

noun

1. honey.

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Mel ² American  

[mel] / mɛl /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Melvin.

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mel British  

/ mɛl /

noun

1. pharmacol a pure form of honey formerly used in pharmaceutical products

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Etymology

Origin of mel

From Latin

Example Sentences

“The cool thing about Michael is you never would have known that he was the son of a president,” said Victor Franco, a Democratic strategist who met Reagan more than a decade ago while Franco’s kids were students at St. Mel’s Catholic school in Woodland Hills, where Reagan’s daughter was a teacher.

From Los Angeles Times

"There was an argument when Mel Morris sacked Phillip Cocu in November 2020, Rosenior should have been put in charge, not Rooney," said BBC football news reporter Simon Stone.

From BBC

Mrs Mansfield tells me how, in 2002, she and her late husband Mel received a call from a couple whose son had been involved in a serious road accident.

From BBC

Mel Hazeltine signed on with Los Angeles Surrogacy in October 2023, agreed to carry a child for a Chinese-Canadian single father and delivered a healthy baby girl this March.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1945, Soskin and her then-husband, Mel Reid, opened one of the first Black-owned music stores in Berkeley, Calif., which remained in business for more than 70 years and served as a hub for gospel music.

From Los Angeles Times