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mealies

meal·ie
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mee-lee]
    • /ˈmi li/
    • /ˈmiː.lɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mee-lee]
    • /ˈmi li/

Definitions of mealies word

  • noun mealies Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize. 1
  • noun mealies an ear of corn. 1
  • noun mealies Plural form of mealie. 1
  • abbreviation MEALIES maize 0
  • noun mealies plural of mealie. 0

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Origin of mealies

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < Afrikaans mielie < Portuguese milho maize, millet < Latin milium millet

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Parts of speech for Mealies

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mealies popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

mealies usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with mealies

  • how to grow mealies?

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