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Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray proper noun: a town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).

Proper noun

Melton Mowbray

  1. A town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).
  2. A locality in Central Highlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, central Tasmania, Australia.

Noun

Melton Mowbray (plural Melton Mowbrays)

  1. A pork pie with a hand-formed crust, containing chopped rather than minced meat.
    • England's traditional steak-kidney-mushroom-and-oyster pie is a carry-over from the cooked dish. So to an extent are Melton Mowbrays, the pies made of pork, game or lamb which originated in a market town in Leicestershire […]1970, James Trager, The enriched, fortified, concentrated, country-fresh, lip-smacking, finger-licking, international, unexpurgated foodbook, page 60

Forms of Melton Mowbray

pluralMelton Mowbrays

Words formed from Melton Mowbray

Questions about Melton Mowbray

What does Melton Mowbray mean?
Melton Mowbray means a town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).
What part of speech is Melton Mowbray?
Melton Mowbray can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Melton Mowbray in the dictionary

  1. meltiths
  2. meltoff
  3. meltoffs
  4. melton
  5. Melton Constable
  6. Melton Mowbray
  7. Melton Mowbrays
  8. Melton South
  9. Melton West
  10. Meltonian
  11. Meltonians

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