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🍞 Dry and crumbly 🌾 Powdered grain 🪨 Grinding grain
mealing

mealing

9.3
Having a dry, crumbly texture like stale bread
  • adjective
translation icon : harinoso
  • Some potatoes become mealing when overcooked, making them less pleasant to eat.

Examples

  • He complained that the cake was too mealing and lacked moisture.

  • The bread turned out mealing after being left uncovered overnight.

  • The mealing flour was perfect for baking.

  • I prefer mealing bread for my recipes.

  • Some potatoes become mealing when overcooked, making them less pleasant to eat.

  • The bread turned out mealing after being left uncovered overnight.

  • He complained that the cake was too mealing and lacked moisture.

Synonyms

mealy
vsmealing
8 7.1

Having a dry, powdery texture like ground grain

is drier and more crumbly rather than only grainy
farinaceous
vsmealing
  • Specialized
9.9

A dry, powdery feel like flour that comes from a lot of starch

is focused on dry crumbling feel rather than starch content
floury
vsmealing
3.9

Something that is soft, dry and powdery like flour

is about a dry crumbly feel rather than only surface powderiness
crumply
vsmealing
5.9

Having a crisp, crumbly texture that breaks easily

is drier and more powdery rather than crisp and breaking
dryish
vsmealing
3.4

A little lacking juice or sweetness, used in food and drink

is clearly dry and powdery rather than just a little dry

Antonyms

smooth
256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

moist
105 1.0

Slightly wet in a pleasant or suitable way

How Mealy

powdery
4 3.0
mealing
9.3
crumbly
7 3.0

Surface Forms

mealing positive

Morphology

mealing = meal (semi-transparent) = meal + ing

The form clearly contains 'meal' plus '-ing', but the adjective sense is not a fully regular or highly predictable English derivation.

Etymology

Mealing comes from meal meaning 'ground grain' and the related word mealy meaning 'powdery', so mealing describes food that feels dry and crumbly like flour.