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
And at the edge he stopped, turned round and called out aloud, "I pray thee, Harald, forgive mel now farewell all!"
From The Hollow Land by William Morris
For the Phlegmonous, with deep seated swellings, Apis mel is the most important remedy.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill
If you’re not sure how much misbehavior a few friends can get up to at a luxury resort spa, you haven’t met Isla Fisher’s Mel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It's natural to feel anxious, according to Mel Kennedy, student wellbeing adviser at Ulster University, who says change "can be scary" and lots of people experience "fear of the unknown".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Dame Prue's Bake Off predecessor, Dame Mary, will chat to the show's former host, comedian Mel Giedroyc, to discuss her second great love of gardening and her forthcoming cookbook.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The distinction matters, because the show’s curators, the Art Institute’s Kevin Salatino and Mel Becker Solomon, have interpreted De Kooning’s lifelong practice of drawing in the broadest possible terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The agent made contact with Mel Willard, told him where they were, and went over the bubble copter’s suggested search area.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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