Mealy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

containing meal or made of meal

composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈiːli/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈiːli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈiːli/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈiːli/.

Examples

granular sugar
the photographs were grainy and indistinct
it left a mealy residue

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

granular coarse-grained gritty granulose grainy farinaceous

Parts of Speech

adjective	containing meal or made of meal
adjective	composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency “granular sugar”

Word Forms

meal	noun	coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
grain	noun	a relatively small granular particle of a substance
graininess	noun	the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
granularity	noun	the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
grit	noun	a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

mehlig

Mehl enthaltend oder aus Mehl hergestellt

🇫🇷French

farineux

contenant de la farine ou fait de farine

🇪🇸Spanish

harinoso

que contiene harina o está hecho de harina

🇮🇹Italian

farinoso

contenente pasto o fatto di pasto

🇳🇱Dutch

melig

die maaltijd bevatten of van maaltijd zijn gemaakt

🇵🇹Portuguese

farinhento

contendo farinha ou feito de farinha

🇷🇺Russian

мучнистый

содержащий еду или сделанный из муки

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आटे का

भोजन युक्त या भोजन से बना हुआ

🇧🇩Bengali

খাবার

ধারণকারী খাবার বা খাবার তৈরি

🇮🇳Tamil

சாப்பாடு

உணவை உள்ளடக்கியது அல்லது உணவால் ஆனது

🇮🇳Telugu

భోజనం

భోజనం లేదా భోజనంతో తయారు చేయబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

पोटभर

जेवण असलेले किंवा बनवलेले जेवण

🇮🇳Gujarati

મીઠી

ભોજન ધરાવતું અથવા બનાવેલું ભોજન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಊಟವಾದ

ಊಟವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಊಟದಿಂದ ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മാവുകൊണ്ടുള്ള

ഭക്ഷണം അടങ്ങിയ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഭക്ഷണം ഉണ്ടാക്കിയത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੀਲੀ

ਭੋਜਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਜਾਂ ਭੋਜਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਣਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

میٹھی

کھانا یا بنا ہوا کھانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粉状的

含有膳食或由膳食制成

🇯🇵Japanese

食事っぽい

食事を含む、または食事で作られた

🇰🇷Korean

창백한

식사를 포함하거나 식사로 만든

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có nhiều bột

chứa bữa ăn hoặc làm từ bữa ăn

🇹🇭Thai

แป้ง

มีอาหารหรือทำจากอาหาร

🇮🇩Indonesian

bertepung

berisi tepung atau terbuat dari tepung

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

دقيقي

تحتوي على وجبة أو مصنوعة من وجبة

🇮🇷Persian

آرد

حاوی وعده غذایی یا ساخته شده از وعده غذایی

🇹🇷Turkish

unlu

yemek içeren veya yemekten yapılmış

🇮🇱Hebrew

קִמחִי

מכיל ארוחה או עשוי מארוחה

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