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merese

merese noun: a flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.

Noun

merese (plural mereses)

  1. A flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.

Forms of merese

pluralmereses

Origin of merese

Perhaps via French [Term?] (compare French mérèse (growth by cell division), mérisme (merismus, merism)), ultimately from Ancient Greek μερίζω (merízō), from μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize”), from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros. First English attestation in 1923 on page 44 of Glass-making in England by Harry J. Powell.

Questions about merese

What does merese mean?
Merese means a flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.
What part of speech is merese?
Merese is a noun.
What is the plural of merese?
The plural of merese is mereses.

Words near merese in the dictionary

  1. mereotopological
  2. mereotopologies
  3. mereotopology
  4. merer
  5. meres
  6. merese
  7. mereses
  8. meresman
  9. meresmen
  10. merest
  11. merestake

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