mel
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mel
1 American
[mel]
/ mɛl /
noun
Mel
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[mel]
/ mɛl /
noun
mel
British
/ mɛl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mel
From Latin
Example Sentences
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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
Mall, mel, or mal, n. a level shaded walk: a public walk.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. μέλι, in which θ or δ is changed into λ; Lat. mel; Fr. miel; A.S. hunig; Ger.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Mel Gibson went considerably bigger with his island investment, purchasing Mago Island in Fiji after the release of his 2004 movie “The Passion of the Christ.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Andrew Griffith has replaced Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor as part of Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's reshuffle.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“When Mel Brooks says he wants to show a Charlie Chaplin film, it just seemed like: Well, that’s the way we’ve got to open,” LeMaire says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Justice Department last year fired its pardon attorney after she objected to restoring the gun rights of actor Mel Gibson, who pleaded no contest in 2011 to a misdemeanor battery charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“If there’s no space in the hive, the old queen lays some eggs, which are then fed something called royal jelly so that they grow into new queens,” Mel said.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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