mealware
Utensils for holding, cooking, or serving a meal.

mealworm
The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
This or any other larva that looks similar and is found in similar circumstances (i.e., in meal, in flour, in food, in the pantry, in feed, in the feedroom), such as the larva of a mealmoth (flour moth).

mealymouth
Alternative form of mealy-mouth.

mealymouths
plural of mealymouth

mease
A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring.

meases
plural of mease

meat
The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).
A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.
A type of food, a dish.
A meal.
Meal; flour.
Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
A penis.
The best or most substantial part of something.
The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
A meathead.
A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

meatball
A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.
A stupid person; a meathead.
An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.
An optical landing system.
A menu icon of three horizontal dots.
Ellipsis of meatball flag.

meatballs
plural of meatball

meath
Obsolete form of mead (“the drink”).

meathe
Obsolete form of mead (“the drink”).

meathook
Alternative spelling of meat hook.

meathooks
plural of meathook

meathouse
Alternative spelling of meat house.

meathouses
plural of meathouse

meatloaf
A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

meatloaves
plural of meatloaf

meatpie
Alternative form of meat pie.

meatpies
plural of meatpie

meatrock
A piece of highly processed mechanically separated chicken that is used as an ingredient for meals served in the US prison system.

meats
plural of meat

meatshield
Alternative spelling of meat shield.

meatshields
plural of meatshield

meatstick
Alternative form of meat stick.

meatsticks
plural of meatstick

mebos
A type of sweet snack food consisting of dried apricot made into a pulp and flavoured with salt and sugar.

medaillon
Synonym of medallion.

medaillons
plural of medaillon

medallion
A large medal, usually decorative.
A cut of meat resembling a large medal.
A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
A yellowish brown.

medallions
plural of medallion

medible
A marijuana edible.

medibles
plural of medible

medicator
Any medical appliance.

mee
Obsolete spelling of me.
obsolete emphatic of me

meebos
Alternative form of mebos (“type of apricot preserve”).

meehoon
Alternative form of mee hoon.

mees
plural of mee

meesua
Alternative form of mee sua.

megacalorie
A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000,000 calories (small calories).

megacalories
plural of megacalorie

megadarra
Alternative form of mujaddara.

megamenus
plural of megamenu

meibos
Alternative form of mebos (“type of apricot preserve”).

mejadra
Alternative form of mujaddara.

mel
A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

melanoidin
Any of a class of brown polymers typically formed when food is browned (by means of the Maillard reaction).

melanoidins
plural of melanoidin

melinjo
An evergreen tree, Gnetum gnemon, native to Indonesia and widely used in local cuisine.

melonade
A drink made from melons.
A glass of this drink.

melonades
plural of melonade

melonal
A melon-smelling scent compound found in nature and synthesized for perfuming, that in its pure form is a clear pale yellow liquid.
A fragrance or flavour additive based on the melonal chemical compound

meltith
A meal.

meltiths
plural of meltith

menavelings
Alternative form of manavelins.

mendiant
A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.

mendiants
plural of mendiant

menthone
A minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.

menthones
plural of menthone

menu
The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.
The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.
A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface.
A list or agenda.

menubar
Alternative spelling of menu bar.

menubars
plural of menubar

menuboard
Alternative form of menu board.

menuboards
plural of menuboard

menuese
The elaborate language used to describe food and drink on restaurant menus.

menus
plural of menu

mermite
An insulated container used to keep food hot or cold.

mermites
plural of mermite

meroir
Alternative spelling of merroir.

merroir
The complete set of local conditions in which seafood is raised. The total characteristics or phenotype of an organism due to attributes such as harvest and cultivation technique, salinity, tides, local food sources, seasonality, and climate.

mese
A dinner; meal.

meses
plural of mese

methylthiobutylglucosinolate
Synonym of glucoerucin.

meykhana
An Azerbaijani literary tradition involving unaccompanied songs improvised to a beat.

meze
Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.

mezedes
plural of meze

mezes
plural of meze

mezuman
A quorum of three men (in some traditions, three men or three women) to recite Birkat Hamazon after a meal.

mezzaluna
A crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle, used to chop food.

mezzalunas
plural of mezzaluna

mezze
Alternative spelling of meze.

mezzes
plural of mezze

mhammara
Alternative form of muhammara.

miang
Fermented tea leaves, often chewed after meals in Thailand.

microbear
Synonym of minibear.

microbears
plural of microbear

microingredients
plural of microingredient

microplastic
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.

microplastics
plural of microplastic

midmeal
Occurring in the middle of a meal

midpalate
In winetasting, the period between the initial taste and swallowing.

mignardise
A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.

mignardises
plural of mignardise

mijiu
A variety of Chinese rice wine, made from fermented glutinous rice and usually about 15–20% alcohol by volume.

milchig
Dairy, containing anything derived from milk.
Designated for use with dairy products or having been contaminated by dairy products.

milchigs
plural of milchig

milksop
A piece of bread sopped in milk.
A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.

milksops
plural of milksop

milletmeal
millet meal (coarse flour)

millings
plural of milling

millrinds
plural of millrind

milt
The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
The semen of a male fish.
The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.

milts
plural of milt

miltz
The spleen of an animal used as food.

minavilins
Alternative form of manavelins.