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mealie

/ˈmiːli/

mealie noun: an ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.

Noun

mealie (plural mealies)

  1. (South Africa) An ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.
    • The wants of a native living with his tribe and cultivating mealies or Kafir corn are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.1897, James Bryce, Impressions of South Africa, page 90
    • At the other end of the veranda, on two deck-chairs planted side by side and looking away over the bush and the mealie fields, were Mr. Quest and Mr. Van Rensberg […]1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 8

mealie meaning in Bengali

mealie in Bengali

ভুট্টার শীষ, দানা

Forms of mealie

pluralmealies

Origin of mealie

Borrowed from Afrikaans mielie, from obsolete Dutch milie (“millet, maize”), from Old French mil (“millet”).

Words formed from mealie

Phrases with mealie

Questions about mealie

What does mealie mean?
Mealie means an ear or kernel of maize; in plural as mass noun: maize, corn.
What is mealie in Bengali?
Mealie in Bengali is ভুট্টার শীষ, দানা. See Mealie meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is mealie?
Mealie is a noun.
How do you pronounce mealie?
Mealie is pronounced /ˈmiːli/.
What is the plural of mealie?
The plural of mealie is mealies.

Words near mealie in the dictionary

  1. meales
  2. Mealey
  3. Mealeys
  4. mealful
  5. Mealhada
  6. mealie
  7. mealie bread
  8. mealie land
  9. mealie lands
  10. mealie meal
  11. mealiepap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mealie (page history and authors); mealie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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