Mead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /miːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mead is a noun meaning (alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
Meaning
(alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
More Meanings
- (US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
- (poetic) A meadow.
Example Sentences
'We must overhaul that mead,' he resumed; 'this mustn't continny!'
No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass / Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:
Hither, hither, love — / ‘Tis a shady mead — / Hither, hither, love! / Let us feed and feed!
Word Forms
- meads
- meath
- meathe
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meadow, grassland, lea, field, prairie, pasture.
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