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-meal
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meal
English
Pronunciation
en /miːl/
en iːl
Etymology 1
From en enm -mele, from en ang -mǣlum at times, from en gem-pro *mēlamiz, instrumental case of en gem-pro *mēlą measure; time. Cognate with stq -moal, nl -maal, nds-de -maal, de -mal. More at en meal.
Suffix
en rare or no longer productive Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
en wordmeal wordmeal one word at a time, word by word
Derived terms
en bitmeal dropmeal flockmeal footmeal heapmeal inchmeal leafmeal littlemeal pagemeal piecemeal stepmeal stoundmeal thousandmeal whilemeal wordmeal
Etymology 2
From en enm mele, from en ang melu meal, flour, from en gem-pro *melwą meal, flour, from en ine-pro *melh₂- to grind, mill. More at en meal.
Suffix
Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.
Derived terms
en bonemeal
en cornmeal
en oatmeal
en peasemeal
en
Anagrams
en aelm Elma mela mela- amel alme Lema male- Male male leam lame lamé Leam Elam Malé lema