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

This calculation is misleading because we don’t know how many mel alleles that interact with lethal recessives reside in the X chromosome.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 15, 2011

From the end of the '40s until well into the '60s, the late Nat "King" Cole held sway with mel low, foggy-voiced renditions of easygoing ballads like Too Young and Red Sails in the Sunset.

From Time Magazine Archive

Do they bear mel Why don’t they move* She sat, folding her hands in her lap.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Voluptates ut mel summo digito degustandæ non plerâ manu sumendæ.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert

The mel depuratum of British pharmacy is prepared by heating honey in a water-bath, and straining through flannel previously moistened with warm water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various