mead
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8.7
- noun
- /miːd/
- All we need now is a plate of rollmops and half a pint of mead.
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Watch on YouTubeI also made Mead just as sort of an experiment.
- I also made Mead just as sort of an experiment.
Examples
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This one is a trio of wine, beer, and mead.
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In seconds, what appeared to be flagons of wine and mead were making the rounds.
Fiction book (2000) -
I also made Mead just as sort of an experiment.
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Can I get anyone some more mead?
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We have no food, no garments, no mead, nothing!
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We won't be short of mead, will we?
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The feast passed off well enough, Merrik supposed, sipping on the sweet mead that Sarla made so very well.
Fiction book (1994) -
Merrik sat silent and still, hunched over on the long bench, a cup of mead between his cupped hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
Thor raised it to his lips and drank the surprisingly cold and salty Mead in the longest gulp he could muster.
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At the festival, visitors can sample over a dozen different meads made with various fruits and spices.
Synonyms
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9.9
An alcoholic drink that uses honey and water and has spices or herbs for flavor
A Polish alcoholic drink made with three parts water and one part honey
A drink of honey mixed with water
Compounds
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3.6
A very large manmade lake on the Nevada and Arizona border formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River
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Etymology
Mead comes from an old German word medu meaning 'honey'. So mead is literally a 'honey drink', which helps you remember it as the alcoholic drink made by fermenting honey with water.