Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.
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Mealy
//ˈmiːli//
Synonyms for "mealy" (99 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (49)
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Translations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- брашнян adj (resembling meal)
Czech
2 entries- moučnatý adj (resembling meal)
- moučný adj (resembling meal)
French
1 entries- farineux adj (resembling meal)
Friulian
1 entries- farinôs adj (resembling meal)
Galician
1 entries- fariñento adj (resembling meal)
German
1 entries- mehlig adj (resembling meal)
Greek
1 entries- αλευρώδης adj (resembling meal)
Māori
2 entries- motuhanga adj (resembling meal)
- māngaro adj (resembling meal)
Polish
2 entries- mączny adj (resembling meal)
- mączysty adj (resembling meal)
Portuguese
1 entries- farinhento adj (resembling meal)
Romanian
1 entries- făinos adj (resembling meal)
Spanish
1 entries- harinoso adj (resembling meal)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
That it is a cross-breed there can be no doubt, from the fact that after a year or two the brilliant colours, both orange and black, begin to fade—the orange fading into a mealy tint, and the black to a dingy grey.
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I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy.
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The clear Norwich canaries, as well as the evenly marked, the crested, the ticked, the green, and the unevenly marked, are each divided into two separate classes, i.e., jonques and mealies.
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