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mead (mēd)

noun

an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey and water, often with spices, fruit, malt, etc. added

Etymology: ME mede < OE meodu, akin to Ger met < IE base *medhu-, honey > Sans mādhu, Gr methy, wine, Welsh medd, mead

mead2 definition

mead (mēd)

noun

Old Poet. meadow

Etymology: ME mede < OE mæd, meadow

Mead1 definition

Mead (mēd)

Mead, Margaret 1901-78; U.S. anthropologist
Mead2 definition

Mead (mēd)

lake in SE Nev. & NW Ariz., formed by Hoover Dam on the Colorado River: c. 250 sq mi (647 sq km)

Etymology: after E. Mead (1858-1936), U.S. engineer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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