mel

¹

[mel]

noun

1. honey.

Mel

²

[mel]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Melvin.

mel

/ mɛl /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mel¹

From Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of mel¹

from Latin

Example Sentences

The Spice Girls came together in 1994, after Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Victoria responded to an advert for candidates.

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Shadow chancellor Mel Stride has announced that the Conservatives would give young people a £5,000 tax rebate in their first job, in a bid to help them buy their first home; and in her keynote speech, Kemi Badenoch promised a Conservative government would scrap stamp duty on homes.

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Turning to law and order, Philp set out plans to hire 10,000 extra police officers at a cost of £800m a year, which he said would be funded by some of the savings proposed by Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride in his conference speech.

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In his conference speech, Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride, unveiled plans to cut £23bn from the welfare budget if the Tories win power, with a crackdown on mental health-related benefits.

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He said Sir Mel had been right to focus on cuts to working age benefits, where people "have got the opportunity to re-enter the workforce, improve their mental health" rather than pensions.

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