hydromel

Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

hy·dro·mel

(hī′drə-mĕl′)

A mixture of water and honey that becomes mead when fermented.

[Middle English ydromel, from Old French, from Latin hydromeli, from Greek hudromeli : hudro-, hydro- + meli, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hydromel

(ˈhaɪdrəʊˌmɛl)

(Brewing) archaic another word for mead¹

[C15: from Latin, from Greek hudromeli, from hydro- + meli honey]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

hydromel - honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented

beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

mead - made of fermented honey and water

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

"Irrigation systems need modernising; hydromel systems should be expanded; and urban water infrastructure, especially for wastewater, requires major investment."

Poor water management costing Pakistan billions: Report

for a barrel of honey, 12 ducat; a wax maja, 12 ducat; a barrel of mead, 12 ducat." A new item appeared among the taxable bee products exported from Muntenia: the mead, or hydromel, which was served as drink to Priscus, a Byzantium envoy sent to Attila, who stopped in Banat in his way to the Pannonian Field [1,5,16,18].